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Show E m r7 a 1 a Heart Illness Gene U. Scientists Find what's going on in the ECG (electrocardiogram)," Curran said. "What the ECG is telling you is what's going on with a mass of cells, your heart. Whereas what this action potential graph is telling you is what's going on in die cell and die two are very much correlated." The heart beats in six phases, labeled with the letters P through U AMANDA SKOW Chronicle Staff Writer A University of Utah research team has uncovered a gene that causes sometimes fatal irregular heart rhythms. Principal Investigator Mark Keating, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, heads a team of genetic researchers who recently identified a third gene indicating predisposition to "long QT syndrome." U. Researcher Mark Curran spoke to The Daily Utah Qavnick from his lab in the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics yesterday. "We can actually correlate what's going on in the individual cell to of the on an electrocardiogram printout The movements beginning with Qand ending with T take about .42 seconds in a healthy person. A long QT patient's QT rhythm can take up to .6 seconds, hence the name. This symptom is known as Arrhythmia, in which the heart takes longer than it should to pump blood upward from the ventricles to the aorta. Before the third gene, called LQT1, Chkonioe Photo Cathy Linford Igor Splawski, Qing Wang and Mark Curran, U. genetics researchers, discuss DNA patterns on a printout. was proven to cause the disorder, there were two known varieties of long QT syndrome, numbered 2 and 3, according to Curran. Both earlier types of QT syndrome are manifest in a long sodium-iointake with a positive charge die Q, n - - Celebrate 996 With a Look Back of the athlete Olympic Village: . '? The S LOOC also agreed the U. aboufc$36 mffion to renovates e Chronicle News Editor What happened in 1995? the Daify Utah Chronicle didn't cover everything, but here are 10 of the most important stories of the year. Olympic Bid Nets $ for U. With the announcement of the 2002 Winter Olympics to be held in Salt Lake City, the Salt Lake Olympic ' Organizing Committee announced that the U. campus would be the site Cancer Research Center Utah businessman Jon Huntsman donated $100 million in October to fuel bis batde for a cure for cancer. His contribution and the collective donations of other groups will fund the building of a center. rwm v 4l Rice StaHttBnakc4La,suitable site for the 1VfcjeHGam,prj closing ceremonies.. $151 MiUion Donated &r jtJ.? tiAj world-clas- research s "Huntsman's of $100 million Planet Reggae, Associated Students of the University of Utah's first concert of the year, lost $40,000 in student fees. The concert date fell in between the Summer and Fall Quarters. ASUU . see "IMS" on pate 4 rS. '$( oudet (negatively long potassium charged), the T portion. The outlet is made possible by open potassium chaiv ROBERT GEHRKE Chronicle Editor in Chief Concert J ' 1 . . . For five hours on Dec. 1 1 , a tcary Rep. Enid Waldholtz answered questions about wrongdoing in her personal and campaign finances, and, for die most part, her blame rested squarely on her estranged husband, Joe Waldholtz. According to Enid, her husband deceived her into believing he was a millionaire; swindled her father, D. Forrest Greene, out of more than $4 million tlirough a scries of loans; and managed a scheme. million dollar check-kitin- g "I was as stupid, as blind, as gullible, as naive, as trusting as a person can be with another human being," Enid said. Enid said Joe was a kind, loving man and a big spender, but was also in continual financial troubles stemming from a modicr who, she said, had "severe psychological problems." Her attorney, Charles Roistachcr, said Joe may be guilty of a dozen federal crimes connected with his alleged embezzlement, forger)', and check kiting. The whole time, Enid says she had no indications anything was cnx)kcd about Joe. But that assertion was disputed by her former campaign manager, David Harmcr, at a Dec 13 press conference where he produced a scries of memos notifying her of possible wrongdoing. He also said there were more memos diat were sent to Washington and destroyed, presumably by Joe. Enid defiantly has said she will not resign but has not decided if she will seek . The fact is I did not know in any way alxmt these illegal activities, and I did not, in any way, try to cover them up, and so I have decided I will not resign." She also maintains money did not win the race. "There is no question now that we did not follow the rules. It was also . "xlyimJ 1 V w 1 . K I sxl XJ : 1 QHHomai Photo Jeff Beckitrand Red Streak: For the third straight year the University of Utah football team has scored 34 points " 7 : to beat the Brigham Young University. On-- a ' The Daffy Utah Chronicle 240 Union Building University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 - - st ncls that allow die electric charge to reset. "We have to move a certain number of potassium ions out of die cell in order to reset it to zero," Curran said, pointing to a drawing he made of a typ-se- e "Genetics" on page 2 f pletion in 199& ASUU Loses $40K on U. Reggae 777 -- gift urc largest gifts vet natkrjam American uruversity" U. Prcskfenf ArtnuP Smith said. The building is scheduled for comreprcsentsQrtc-o- Thc-ncwc- Love Blinded Rep. Waldholtz To a Half Decade of Deceit 1 MICAH HAIVERSON portion of the beat. That causes the heart muscle's contraction. involves a known variety LQT1 said at die time of die election, and I believe it now, diat money was not die most important issue." Merrill Gx)k, who lost to Enid in 1994, disagrees. He likens her '94 win to a stolen car, saying even if she didn't know it was stolen, it should be returned. Democrats also held a press conference on Dec. 18 calling for Enid's resignation. On Dec. 13, Enid testified before a grand jury for four hours. Joe testified die next day, and bodi arc likely to return tiiis niondi. Enid says she is not a target of die investigation and is only assisting in the investigation ofJoe. There is speculation, however, that Joe may be making a deal diat could implicate Enid. Enid's amended financial disclosure forms, which should shed light on die Waldholtz assets, should be filed diis week. There is also a chance the House Ediics Gimmittcc will lcx)k intjf die Waldholtz finances. In die most sensational twist, Enid said Joe made questionable "lifestyle choices," but would not be more specific. Joe lias declined to comment, but dicrc has been speculation on what choices Jx; allegedly made, ranging from drug addiction to alternative sexual lifestyles. The two met in 1990, andjx: was brought into the '92 campaign to manage hc finances. After die '92 race, Jx: was f responsible for resolving campaign debts which exceeded what Enid approved. Joe blanicd die excess on die former cam paign manager, but Enid said she later learned Joe embezzled as much as $54,000 from the campaign. They were married in August 1993. On their honcynuxm, Jx: told Enid he vantcd to give her a $5 million wedding gift from die family trust. The money was to be held in a ready assets account, wliicli, it appears, never existed. In Autumn of 1993, J(x: received bank notices that he had overdrawn his accounts, Enid said. "Tliat began die see "Enid" on page 6 Non-Prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 529 Salt Lake City, UT 1 J |