He identified the cause of a respiratory condition that was killing 10,000 infants a year in the United States. Then he helped design a drug that slashed those mortality rates. He identified the cause of a respiratory condition that was killing 10,000 infants a year in the United States. Then he helped design a drug that slashed those mortality rates. Clements, John A, Research, Colleges and Universities, Infant Mortality, Doctors, Lungs, Premature Babies, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), University of California, San Francisco NYT > Science