Cot deaths linked to genes defects

SCIENTISTS have discovered more genetic mutations that appear to be linked with sudden infant death syndrome, otherwise known as cot death.

Like those previously discovered, the errors lie in genes involved with involuntary body functions like heart beat and breathing.

These defects were more common in cot death babies, the researchers from Rush University in the US found in their study of 184 babies, which was published in Paediatric Research.