Scientist died handling liquid nitrogen

A scientist died in his lab at a top medical research centre in London after staying late to finish freezing blood samples in liquid nitrogen. Damian Bowen, 32, was found the next morning by his colleagues at St Stephen’s AIDS Trust attached to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. An inquest at the Royal Courts of Justice heard that a serious leak of liquid nitrogen could quickly use all the available oxygen. According to some reports the small room had no external…