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 * Prompt: Science Summary.**

As the years go by we see that there are new developments and procedures to be followed to keep our children safe. SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is one of the leading causes of death in the United States among infants between 1 month and 1 year of age (Boyd, 95) and being researched more and more throughout the years. New Research from the University of Adelaide has come up with new possibility of the causes of SIDS that could help prevent future lives of children. The University of Adelaide did a study were they compared 175 children who died from head trauma, infection, drowning, asphyxia and SIDS (University of Adelaide.) In the study, they looked at the presence and distribution of a protein called β-amyloid precursor protein (APP) in the brain; “This is very important results. It helps to show that asphyxia rather than infection or trauma is more likely to be involved in SIDS deaths,” says the leader of the project, Professor Roger Byard AO, Marks Professor of Pathology (University of Adelaide.) Information found in this article is similar to what can be found in the textbook saying that babies with history of apnea are more likely to die from SIDS (Boyd, 95); Professor Byard found the presence of APP staining in a baby who died of SIDS, which led to discovering apnea (University of Adelaide.) Which in reminder of Barrett’s Law #2 Human sciences are “fuzzy” sciences, but they are still sciences; it would be very unethical and illegal for scientist to kill or experiment on living children to see causes of SIDS.

References:
 * University of Adelaide. "New insight into SIDS deaths points to lack of oxygen." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 15 April 2014. 
 * Boyd, Denise Roberts., and Helen L. Bee. "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome." //Lifespan Development//. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2012. 94-97. Print.

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