Researchers Pinpoint Reason Infants Die From SIDS | BioSpace
Holy shit.
The cause of SIDS has been discovered.
THE CAUSE OF SIDS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED!
The findings were explained in a study from The Children’s Hospital Westmead in Sydney. From the article…
They found the activity of the enzyme butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) was significantly lower in babies who died of SIDS compared to living infants and other non-SIDS infant deaths. BChE plays a major role in the brain’s arousal pathway, explaining why SIDS typically occurs during sleep.
This is amazing fucking news. The next step is obviously finding a way to screen for it, then a way treat it. But, for now, holy shit. Holy shit!
And for anyone who’s suffered the loss of a child to SIDS, the study’s lead researcher, Dr. Carmel Harrington, said, “These families can now live with the knowledge that this was not their fault.”
