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Cause of SIDS is identified

Arunnjah Vivekanandarajah

Arunnjah Vivekanandarajah Source: Arunnjah Vivekanandarajah

Researchers at The Children's Hospital at Westmead say they've discovered babies who die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) have greatly decreased levels of a certain brain protein, known as Orexin, responsible for regulating sleep arousal.Arunnjah Vivekanandarajah is one of those researchers. She talks to Kulasegaram Sanchayan about the research and her involvement in it.



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