The vital research we fund aims to improve understanding of the conditions that put babies at risk of an early birth and enable doctors to advance the search for new treatments that could prevent or stop early labour.
Current research
Premature birth: could a natural antioxidant protect vulnerable babies?
Date:
16 January 2012 - 15 December 2015
Premature birth and induced labour: boosting understanding gives new hope
Date:
1 January 2012 - 30 December 2014
Premature birth: preventing early labour and protecting babies from brain damage
Date:
1 May 2011 - 30 April 2014
Premature birth: what links bacterial infection with early births?
Date:
1 September 2011 - 31 August 2013
Premature birth: role of hormones in the membranes surrounding the baby
Date:
10 May 2010 - 9 May 2013
Research Training Fellowship: Dr S Khanjani
Date:
1 April 2009 - 1 September 2012
Previous research
Stopping contractions in preterm labour
Date:
1 October 2008 - 28 February 2011
Preventing the onset of preterm labour
Date:
1 March 2008 - 28 February 2011
Could blocking inflammation be the key to preventing premature birth?
Date:
1 May 2008 - 30 April 2010
Halting premature labour
Date:
1 June 2007 - 31 December 2009
