The causes of premature birth areto be explored in a 85m project by the charity Action Research. Researchers at Newcastle University will carry out the two-year study at the Royal Victoria Infirmary's Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Dr Nicholas Europe-Finner, who is leading the team, said, 'Even when medical advances are moving at great speed, the cause of premature birth remains a mystery. Understanding what triggers off the process of labour and preventing it from happening prematurely will be of lasting benefit to generations of babies.'
The causes of premature birth areto be explored in a 85m project by the charity Action Research. Researchers at Newcastle University will carry out the two-year study at the Royal Victoria Infirmary's Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Dr Nicholas Europe-Finner, who is leading the team, said, 'Even when medical advances are moving at great speed, the cause of premature birth remains a mystery. Understanding what triggers off the process of labour and preventing it from happening prematurely will be of lasting benefit to generations of babies.'
