#science nerd
hugging your science paper fresh from the printer because it’s warm and you’re not
Dr. Carmel Harrington, the lead researcher for the study, was one of these parents. Her son unexpectedly and suddenly died as an infant 29 years ago. In an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Harrington explained what she was told about the cause of her child’s death.
“Nobody could tell me. They just said it’s a tragedy. But it was a tragedy that didn’t sit well with my scientific brain.”
Since then, she’s worked to find the cause of SIDS, both for herself and for the medical community as a whole. She went on to explain why this discovery is so important for parents whose babies suffered from SIDS.
"These families can now live with the knowledge that this was not their fault,” she said.
May 11th, 2022!
this is super important
normal people watching medical videos: this is interesting but also really gross and i don’t know why i’m watching it
me, an absolutely useless science nerd, watching medical videos: BIOPSY! BIOPSY! BIOPSY!