Osakidetza will create a biobank with blood and placenta samples from pregnant women to investigate metabolic and neurological diseases
Pregnant women who give birth at Cruces Hospital will be able to donate a sample of blood and a small part of the placenta, which will be stored in the biobank of the CSC and will be used to investigate diabetes, hypertension and neural development disorders for early diagnosis and help better care.
In collaboration with the Cruces University Hospital and the Biobizkaia Health Research Institute of the Department of Health of the Basque Government, a pioneering register of blood and placenta samples of pregnant women has been launched to investigate metabolic and neurological diseases.
According to the Department of Health in a note, the project aims to contribute to early diagnosis and better care for metabolic and neurological diseases at European level.
After childbirth at the Cruces Hospital Delivery Unit , women may donate a blood sample and a small portion of placenta, and the woman must sign a number of permits so that Osakidetza can access the clinical history of the mother and the newborn in a codified manner for research purposes.
After the donation, samples will be kept at the ICSC biobankand efforts will be made to identify biomarkers that will help improve treatment and early diagnosis of diabetes, hypertension and brain development disorders, among others.
Public funding
Funded by the Basque Government, UPV/EHU and the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Universities of the Spanish Government, the pioneering project is led by Nora Fernandez Jimenez, researcher at the IRLAB Research Laboratory in Biobizkaia – Immunogenetics and Jorge Burgos , head of the Obstetrics Section of the San Cristobal University Hospital.
"The participation of all pregnant women is essential for the advancement of future medicine. Thanks to their generosity, we will be able to improve the health of many mothers and babies in the Basque Country and around the world."
Three ongoing investigations
In connection with this record, Osakidetza researchers are working on three projects: one on the basis of the study of placenta identifying metabolic and neurological risk factors , another on the brain development of children , and a third on the genetic effects of placenta genes ma.
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