There isn’t an easy test around the corner.
Individual scientific studies rarely offer clear-cut answers, especially to complex issues like SIDS. Science is an iterative process, and research builds on itself over time. Research on the more fundamental, biological reasons for devastating issues like SIDS are important to help remove stigma from grieving parents and help offer potential solutions.
And any new finding that points in a promising direction is helpful. But it’s also important to be clear about what the limits of any given research are. In this case, there’s still a long way to go before a screening test for SIDS might be available. “This is progress, and for that we should be optimistic, but it’s not the entire answer,” said Alison Jacobson, CEO of the SIDS-focused nonprofit First Candle,. “As bereaved parents ourselves, we understand how parents whose babies have died from this mysterious disease desperately want answers and new parents want assurance that it won’t happen to their baby. We pray that someday that will happen but that’s not the case today.”Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week.Please confirm your subscription to Verge Deals via the verification email we just sent you.
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