Applications of methods in collaborative science

在与早孕研究相关的工作中，我们今年发表了一篇关于与人类怀孕时间相关的因素的论文。我们发现，健康的妊娠在妊娠长度上有很大的差异，某些非常早期的怀孕因素可以预测妊娠的长度。此外，女性的自然孕期长短也各不相同。我们现在正在准备一篇论文，研究生育力和早孕丢失与双酚A和邻苯二甲酸酯水平的关系，这是在EPS收集的每日尿样中测量的。国防部资助的一项关于军事人员自身免疫性疾病肌炎与其服兵役期间暴露的关系的合作工作现已开始。这个项目的PI是弗雷德·米勒(NIEHS)。

In work related to the Early Pregnancy Study we published a paper this year related to factors that are related to the length of human pregnancy. We found that healthy pregnancies vary considerably in length of gestation and that certain very early pregnancy factors are predictive of the length of gestation. Also, women vary among themselves in the natural length of their gestation. We are now preparing a paper that considers fertility and early pregnancy loss in relation to levels of bisphenol A and phthalates, as measured in the daily urine samples collected in the EPS. Collaborative work is now beginning on a DoD-funded study of the auto-immune disease myositis in military personnel in relation to exposures experienced during their years of military service. The PI on this project is Fred Miller (NIEHS).