Your unborn baby could be at risk of coronavirus from second week of pregnancy, docs warn
Experts have revealed that your unborn baby could be at risk of contracting the coronavirus
Genes encode proteins and proteins dictate cell function, and the thousands of genes expressed in a particular cell determine what it can do. The study from the experts at Cambridge suggests that there is a potential route to an embryo that Covid could get to.Writing in the, Professor David Glover from the University of Cambridge, and colleagues said: "Our present study offers an indication that the potential effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the early embryo should be further investigated using both stem cell models of the embryo and in the mouse.
Prof Lees added that there has been no evidence of an increased risk of miscarriage from the pregnancies that have been exposed to the virus.
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