Bizarre death of blood freezing boffin who died in the lab

A scientist died in his lab after staying late to finish freezing blood samples in liquid nitrogen following ‘lax’ procedures at a top medical research centre, an inquest jury found. Damian Bowen, 32, was found the next morning by his colleagues at St Stephen’s AIDS Trust attached to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He had breathed in nitrogen enriched air while working after hours freezing blood samples in liquid nitrogen. An inquest at the Royal Courts of Justice found that he…

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