The Liggins legacy

22 July 2024

Health and medicine, Liggins Institute, The Challenge, Future of health and wellbeing

Hundreds of thousands of babies worldwide owe their lives to the modest scientist who gave his name to the groundbreaking Liggins Institute.

Professor Sir GrahamProfessor Liggins' research has had a significant impact helping pre-term babies to survive birth.
Professor Sir Graham 'Mont" Liggins research has had a significant impact helping pre-term babies to survive birth.

Professor Sir Graham 'Mont' Liggins work demonstrated the power of a brilliant mind to recognise the unexpected, to perform fundamental biomedical research and translate those findings into clinical practice.  Hundreds of thousands of pre-term babies have survived birth due to his groundbreaking research.  

SPECIAL FEATURE on the life and work of an exceptional New Zealand scientist whose work has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of babies.

For republication, please contact Gilbert Wong, gilbert.wong@auckland.ac.nz

 

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