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In healthy pregnancy, nanoparticles secreted by maternal gut bacteria migrate to the amniotic fluid, containing molecules derived from bacteria.

A research group from the University of Oulu, Finland, has shown that nanoparticles originating from maternal gut bacteria are present in amniotic fluid.

The role of interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-1α in sterile intraamniotic inflammation (SIAI), a condition associated with preterm birth (PTB).

"It's rare that it happens and almost always fatal, and in our case it was," the woman's mother said.

"It's rare that it happens and almost always fatal, and in our case it was," the woman's mother said.