Very preterm infants face up to a 50% higher risk of developmental challenges affecting movement, learning, language and behavior. Today, many of those challenges are not fully recognized until later in infancy or early childhood. Doctors have lacked reliable tools to identify which infants are most vulnerable during the early neonatal period, when timely intervention could have the greatest impact.
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Simple eye scan in preterm infants may help predict brain development
June 24, 2026
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