Scientists have solved the mystery of a skin condition that killed a newborn boy five years ago in the Netherlands. The penny dropped when a UK skin expert from Manchester University heard about the infant’s distressing case at a scientific meeting in France. During birth, the boy’s fragile skin blistered and started to come off. He died 10 days later from dehydration - he had too little skin to retain water. Genes from the boy’s parents caused this rare condition, scientists found.
