50 years on: The babies are doing just fine

Half a century on the landmark Auckland Steroid Study continues to deliver good news, say researchers at the Liggins Institute.

Steroid study participant Charlie, Sue and Amanda Wright outside their home in Auckland
STEROID STUDY PARTICIPANTS: Charlie, Sue and Amanda Wright

Fifty years ago Amanda Wright (right) was a baby born too early. She and her mum were participants in a world-leading study that has saved many hundreds of thousands of pre-term babies. She now has the confidence that the then experimental treatment has had no consequences as she has become an adult. SPECIAL FEATURE: The babies are doing just fine

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