Investigating a novel genetic regulator of cardiac rhythm

心律失常影响大约5%的人口，并与猝死有很高的相关性。虽然心律失常的原因很复杂，但我们知道基因突变起到了一定作用，但我们并不知道所有对心率重要的基因。我们必须确定这一过程中的所有基因，这样我们才能确定哪些突变会导致心律失常。我们已经发现了一种导致心律失常的新基因，并试图了解它是如何发挥作用的。

Cardiac arrhythmias affect approximately 5% of the population and have a high association with sudden death. Whilst the cause of cardiac arrhythmia is complex, we know that genetic mutations play a role however we don't know all the genes important for cardiac rhythm. It is imperative that we identify all the genes in this process, so we can determine which mutations cause arrhythmia. We have identified a new gene that causes cardiac arrhythmia and seek to understand how it functions.