Breakthrough study may have found the reason why babies die of SIDS
A new study has pinpointed an enzyme potentially behind Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS.
Researchers from Sydney have found that that low levels of an enzyme called butyrylcholinesterase — responsible for brain arousal — could be what causes babies to die in their sleep for no apparent reason.
Around 200 babies die every year of SIDS in the UK. It is also known as ‘cot death’ and usually happens between the ages of one to four months, up to six months old.
This phenomenon was suspected