Infertility and miscarriage can be caused by a faulty molecular switch which controls the level of a protein in the womb lining say researchers at Imperial College London. Researchers studied womb lining tissue samples donated by 106 women who were being treated at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for unexplained infertility or recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). They discovered SGK1-a kinase involved in epithelial ion transport and cell survival-was responsible for both.
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