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Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory and sa国际传媒 Edinburgh Birth Cohort
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Since 2003,聽sa国际传媒聽has invested 拢5 million in a research聽programme聽at the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory (JBRL) in the Centre for Reproductive Health (CRH) at the University of Edinburgh. The research laboratory works to improve understanding of what causes early聽labour, how treatments can be developed to prevent聽it聽and how newborn babies can be better supported in the first crucial hours and days after birth.聽
sa国际传媒’s investment in research has contributed to establishing Edinburgh as a leading centre for perinatal experimental medicine research in the UK. Professor Boardman鈥檚 groundbreaking research from the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory means the project could soon reach its potential internationally.
The laboratory鈥檚 flagship project is the sa国际传媒 Edinburgh Birth Cohort (TEBC) study, a world-first study monitoring the progress of 400 babies from birth to adulthood. By monitoring both premature and full-term children鈥檚 health, development and educational attainment, researchers are making discoveries about the factors that shape brain development, new treatments for early brain injury, and how childhood experiences contribute to common adult diseases.聽
Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory
Since 2004, the research laboratory has worked to improve understanding of what causes early labour, how we can develop treatments to prevent it and how we can better help newborn babies in the first crucial hours and days after birth.
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A world-first study, the sa国际传媒聽Edinburgh Birth Cohort, was launched at the聽Jennifer Brown Research聽Laboratory in 2015. Researchers from the Laboratory聽monitor聽the progress of 400 babies, both premature and full term, from birth to adulthood. Advances in newborn care聽as a result of聽the Laboratory鈥檚 work are saving lives聽everyday.聽
Key discoveries in recent years include:
- The first study to show that infant gut microbiota can be聽impacted聽by preterm birth.
- The discovery that preterm birth does not affect infant attachment.
- Ground-breaking research showing that socioeconomic status can have as much impact on brain development as early birth聽(the latter being covered extensively by the BBC in 2025)聽
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