{"id":9,"date":"2017-01-27T15:56:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T20:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.placentascience.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2018-07-17T09:57:48","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T14:57:48","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.placentascience.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-52 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.placentascience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20130508_MCG0390_CRH-300x218.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.placentascience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20130508_MCG0390_CRH-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.placentascience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20130508_MCG0390_CRH-500x363.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.placentascience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20130508_MCG0390_CRH.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0O&#8217;Tierney-Ginn lab conducts translational studies of placental lipid transport\u00a0in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org\/Research-Clinical-Trials\/Institutes-Centers-Labs\/Mother-Infant-Research-Institute\/Overview.aspx\">Mother Infant Research Institute<\/a> at\u00a0Tufts Medical Center in\u00a0Boston, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Our overall interest is to understand the effect of the maternal nutritional environment (metabolism, diet, body composition) on placental function, and fetal nutrient delivery and growth.<\/p>\n<p>Our work is highly translational &#8211;\u00a0we have a &#8216;bedside-to-bench&#8217; approach &#8211; following women during pregnancy with the intention of understanding how her unique metabolic milieu affects her baby&#8217;s growth and future health. 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