IMPACT OF REAL-LIFE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES ON REPRODUCTION: A contemporary review of machine learning to predict adverse pregnancy outcomes from pharmaceuticals, including DDIs.

Journal: Reproduction (Cambridge, England)
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Abstract

IN BRIEF: Clinical drug trials often do not include pregnant people due to health risks; therefore, many medications have an unknown effect on the developing fetus. Machine learning QSAR models have been used successfully to predict the fetal risk of pharmaceutical use during pregnancy.

Authors

  • Julie Gardella
    NYU Langone Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Environmental Medicine, New York, USA.
  • Dimitri Abrahamsson
    Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States.
  • Judith Zelikoff
    NYU Langone Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Environmental Medicine, New York, USA.