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Dr Vikki Abrahams

@vikkimabrahams.bsky.social
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Professor, Yale School of Medicine; Director, Division of Reproductive Sciences; Reproductive Immunologist studying Placental Immunobiology

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Dr Vikki Abrahams @vikkimabrahams.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Thanks to YSM news for highlighting our recently published research on how opioids might contribute to preterm birth medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
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Why Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) May Contribute to Preterm Birth
The opioid buprenorphine is linked to increased inflammation and weakening of the fetal membrane, researchers found.
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Dr Vikki Abrahams @vikkimabrahams.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Thrilled share our latest preprint. This was a great team effort, but particular credit goes to Tatyana Lynn who built this project from the ground to its conclusion. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Buprenorphine Induces Human Fetal Membrane Sterile Inflammation
Opioid-use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy has increased in the United States to critical levels and is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Untreated OUD is associated with pregnancy ...
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Dr Vikki Abrahams @vikkimabrahams.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
www.nationalacademies.org/news/2024/12...
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Dr Vikki Abrahams @vikkimabrahams.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH needs a new institute for women’s health research, expert panel says
National Academies report also calls for $16 billion in new money
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