{
  "id": 5347495,
  "title": "Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency may raise preterm birth risk, genetic analysis suggests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/alpha-1-antitrypsin-deficiency-may-raise-preterm-birth-risk-genetic",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-03T14:20:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-alpha-antitrypsin-deficiency-preterm-birth.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers at the University of Oulu have identified alpha-1 antitrypsin as a potential target for preventing spontaneous preterm birth. In a large genetic study of more than 200,000 mothers, a variant in the SERPINA1 gene, which encodes alpha-1 antitrypsin, was associated with shorter pregnancies.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}