Transplanting gene into injured hearts creates biological pacemakers

Transplanting gene into injured hearts creates biological pacemakers
Cardiologists have developed a minimally invasive gene transplant procedure that changes unspecialized heart cells into “biological pacemaker” cells that keep the heart steadily beating. The laboratory animal research is the result of a dozen years of research with the goal of developing biological treatments for patients with heart rhythm disorders who currently are treated with surgically implanted pacemakers. genes are used not only to correct a deficiency disorder, but to actually turn one kind of cell into another type,”.