Tbx18 Gene Converts Heart Cells to Natural Pacemaker Cells, yet to be Tested on Humans
After a decade of research in the pursuit of correcting failing or erratic heartbeats, researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles, California have successfully converted ordinary heart cells into pacemaker cells by inserting, Tbx18, a gene. In talking about this new method which was published in Nature Biotechnology, Hee Cheol Cho, the Senior…