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Genetics may play role in premature births, study finds.

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| August 21, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Judith Graham

CHICAGO _ For the first time, doctors have identified a gene linked to an increased risk of premature birth among African-American women.

The discovery is likely to be controversial, as are many scientific studies drawing connections between genetics, race and disease.

The underlying issue is enormously significant: Rates of pre-term births among black women are two to three times higher than they are for white women.

For years, scientists have wondered whether genetics was implicated, in addition to environmental factors such as smoking or socioeconomic factors such as poverty.

Now, they have found evidence that this does, indeed, appear to be the case.

At issue is a…

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