{
  "id": 14413302,
  "title": "Why autoantibodies may be linked to preterm birth risk in some women",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/why-autoantibodies-may-be-linked-to-preterm-birth-risk-in-some-women",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-14T09:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-autoantibodies-linked-preterm-birth-women.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but for about 1 in 10 pregnant women labor begins too soon. Premature or preterm birth is the leading cause of newborn deaths worldwide. Yet doctors have struggled to understand why preterm birth occurs—or how to predict which pregnancies are at highest risk.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}