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Source: viEUws - The EU Policy Broadcaster, published on Thursday, May 12 2016.
Tore Curstedt (Sweden)
Invention: Helping newborn babies breathe
The invention of pulmonary surfactants by Swedish laboratory physician Tore Curstedt at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm marked a milestone in saving the lives of early-born infants suffering from respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), a lung condition that was the leading cause of death among newborns for decades.