15 million preterm births occur each year worldwide. In Nevada, one in 10 babies is premature. A research team at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine under the direction of Dr Iain Buxton, foundation professor of pharmacology, is working to develop new approaches to prevent preterm labor. Dr. Buxton and his research team at UNR Med recently received significant support with a $2 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The funding will support discovery efforts to develop a drug that could prevent a woman’s labor without having dangerous effects on a developing fetus.