Properties of cervical mucus during pregnancy

During pregnancy, a cervical mucus plug (CMP) forms in the cervical canal to protect the fetus against the ascension of vaginal pathogens into the uterine compartment. Research suggests that structural abnormalities in the CMP are responsible for premature births. Very little is known about the CMP to date. The project aims to characterize human CMPs. The goal is to show whether there are CMPs with different characteristics in a population that could explain abnormal porosity.