Infants born with oxygen loss who are given an innovative therapy that lowers their entire body temperature by four degrees within the first six hours of life, have a better chance of survival and lower incidence of brain injury, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine. The team led by Seetha Shankaran, at Wayne State University studied the effect of hypothermia or reduced body temperature, in full-term infants with asphyxia and related complications at birth. The project, which 14 institutions in the participated in was part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Network.