Genetics and Cardiology Experts - Vinueza, Cook, Skinner and Cook

Vinueza was asked to join a team of genetics and cardiology experts who would provide advice. Within 20 minutes, they both came across something interesting - a variant in a gene called chamodulin 2, also known as calm 2. Mutations in these genes are extremely rare, but people who have them often have serious cardiac conditions. Sudden deaths have been reported. Vinueza thought the find was worth further investigation. She suggested to Folbig's lawyers that they attempt to sequence DNA from the children and their father. Scientists had managed to obtain DNA from the four children. A hospital in Sydney had frozen fibroblast cells from her autopsy in 1993. The coroner's caught