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.'
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