50 years on: The babies are doing just fine
13 May 2024
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](/content/auckland/en/news/2024/05/13/50-years-on-babies-doing-fine/_jcr_content/leftpar/imagecomponent/image.img.480.low.jpg/1715896004626.jpg)
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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