Part of: GS Prelims and GS – III – Sci & Tech; Biotechnology
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In Australia, Leading scientists and medical experts are calling for the pardon of convicted child killer Kathleen Folbigg after a recent study showed that her victims (her own children) may have died of natural causes.
Key takeaways
Medical experts have argued that her children died due to a rare genetic defect.
They inherited a genetic mutation from their mother called CALM2.
CALM-2 mutations are known to cause sudden death due to cardiac arrest.
Calmodulin 2 is a protein that is encoded by the CALM2 gene in humans.
Mutations in CALM2 are associated to cardiac arrhythmias.
