Research is vital in order to find the cause of SIDS. Many articles have been written and papers published outlining the ongoing research of SIDS.
New evidence that children dying form SIDS and SUDC are not “normal”.
New research suggests a potential genetic mutation may play a role in some SIDS cases.
This news article is based on a research letter that was published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA).
This news article published by the University of Adelaide discusses an Australian study on SIDS. It looks at whether changes in brain levels of Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) in infants may be a marker for potentially deadly breathing difficulties.
This Boston Business Journal article discusses new research by Dr. Kinney and her team published in the journal Pediatrics which appears to suggest a brain abnormality as one cause of SIDS.
Date: November 11, 2013
Investigators at Boston Children’s Hospital report that many infants dying suddenly and unexpectedly, in all kinds of sleep environments, have underlying brainstem abnormalities and are not all normal prior to death.
Date: November 11, 2013
Results of a UK study which found rare mutations associated with impairment of the breathing muscles were more common in babies who had died from SIDS than in healthy infants.
The results of a study conducted by Dr. Rick Goldstein, Program Director of the Robert’s Program on Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical school published in the American Academy of Pediatrics’ journal, Pediatrics.
JAMA Pediatrics Rebecca F. Carlin, MD; Rachel Y. Moon, MD. Published December 2016
JAMA Pediatrics Ali Torkamani, PhD, Evan D.Muse, MD, PhD, Emily G. Spencer, PhD, Manuel Rueda, PhD, Glenn N.Wagner, DO, Jonathan R. Lucas, MD, Eric J. Topol, MD. Published October 2016.
JAMA Pediatrics Ernest Cutz, M.D. FRCPC. Published February, 2016
Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease Hannah C. Kinney, George B. Richerson, Susan M. Dymecki, Robert A. Darnall, and Eugene E. Nattie Published May 29, 2009
The New England Journal of Medicine Hannah C. Kinney, M.D., and Bradley T. Thach, M.D. Published April, 2009
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