Experts hope to permanently correct or silence the inherited genetic material that is involved.
Scientists say they should soon be able to effectively cure inherited, life-threatening heart muscle conditions to save more young people from sudden cardiac death.
Cardiomyopathies often hit the headlines when they result in sudden cardiac death or heart emergencies in young, elite athletes.BBC journalist Gem O'Reilly was 16 when she was diagnosed with a heart condition. The research team who have been given the grant say they are confident that their gene therapy could be ready for testing in human clinical trials within five years, now that the genes and specific genetic faults responsible for different cardiomyopathies, and how they work, have been uncovered.Delivered through an injection in the arm, the therapy could halt heart damage in those already living with genetic cardiomyopathies, they say.
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