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Professor Xin Lu from Ludwig Cancer Research led a team of researchers looking at how a protein, iASPP, might be involved in the growth of tumours. They found that it has a surprising role in regulating the 'glue' that holds heart cells together, a finding that may explain how a gene defect could cause sudden cardiac death.