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Scientists Uncover a Tiny Gene That Could End Dangerous Heart Arrhythmias

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Researchers have identified a gene therapy that could prevent life-threatening arrhythmias by restoring the heart’s electrical rhythm. The key breakthrough? Finding a gene small enough to fit inside a viral delivery system. Early results in lab models suggest this therapy could be a game-changer, but further research is needed before it reaches clinical trials. The [...]

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Sci Tech Daily

Scientists Uncover a Tiny Gene That Could End Dangerous Heart Arrhythmias

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Inside Precision Medicine

Gene Therapy Holds Potential to Combat Deadly Cardiac Arrhythmias

A discovery by researchers at Amsterdam UMC and Johns Hopkins University could lead to a new gene therapy for treating malignant cardiac arrhythmia, a condition responsible for a significant number of deaths worldwide. The gene, named SCN10a-short (S10s), was identified in the search for a one-off gene therapy that could improve heart function and prevent cardiac arrhythmias. Results of the research are published in the European Heart Journal. “…

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New research could prevent life-threatening heart arrhythmias

Today, 20th February, experts from Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC) and Johns Hopkins University published new research outlining a new gene therapy which could help restore the hearts electrical rhythm. For the first time, the research team have shown that it is possible to introduce a gene called SCN10a-short (S10s) into the heart with an AAV vector which leads to faster conduction. This means it could help individuals suffering with …

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Education News Canada

University of Calgary - UCalgary research links gene to cardiac arrhythmias

University of Calgary scientists have increased our understanding about the role of genetics in serious heart arrhythmias with a groundbreaking discovery: enhanced function in a gene (ITPR1). . .

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