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EPISODE · Jan 20, 2025 · 44 MIN

‘Look, they’re getting skin!’: are we right to strive to save the world’s tiniest babies?

from The Audio Long Read · host The Guardian

Doctors are pushing the limits of science and human biology to save more extremely premature babies than ever before. But when so few survive, are we putting them through needless suffering? By Sophie McBain. Read by Chloe Pirrie. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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