Researchers lay groundwork to study effects of maternal diabetes on fetal metabolism and development

UCLA scientists examined how exposure to higher levels of glucose alter fetal tissue metabolism, using a technique they pioneered to trace in utero carbon-13 in fetal tissues. Their paper, “Atlas of Fetal Metabolism During Mid-to-Late Gestation and Diabetic Pregnancy,” published in Cell, reveals the impact of maternal hyperglycemia on fetal tissues.