DNA Study Seeking Answers for Sudden Unexplained Death

The launch of a Scripps Translational Science Institute study seeking the genetic causes of sudden unexplained death generated coverage by a number of media outlets including the Los Angeles Times, U-T San Diego and KPBS.

“Someday, the reason why people die suddenly will not be a mystery,” STSI director Eric Topol, MD, told the Los Angeles Times.

Read the Los Angeles Times article: Clinical trial seeks answers to sudden deaths of healthy young people

Read the U-T San Diego article: ‘Molecular autopsy’ examines unexplained deaths

Read the KPBS article: Scripps Researchers Use DNA To Explore Mystery Of Sudden Death

Read the GenomeWeb article: Scripps, San Diego Medical Examiner to use WGS to Solve Unexplained Deaths

Read the MedCityNews article: Topol and San Diego coroner turn to genetics to understand sudden, unexplained death

The 10News report, "Researchers Delve into Mystery of Sudden Deaths Among Young and Healthy," is not available at this time.