New Insight on Premature Births (IMAGE) Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Caption Sudhansu K. Dey, Ph.D., (center), director of Reproductive Sciences at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and study co-authors Takiko Daikoku (left), and Yasushi Hirota, (right), review microscopic images in their laboratory from new research pointing to the p53 gene as critical to healthy pregnancy and birth. The study appears online Feb. 1 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Credit Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.