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Testing shows gene therapy shrinks an enlarged heart, improves heart function, human trials to start
Posted in Science on 16th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
Researchers have successfully tested a powerful gene therapy, delivered directly into the heart, to reverse heart failure in large animal models.
Heart attack risk identified by new scan
Posted in Medicine on 11th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
A new way of scanning the heart can identify those who may be at high risk of a heart attack, early tests suggest.
Pacemaker Okayed In Europe Is One Tenth The Size Of Those Used Now
Posted in Medicine on 4th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
Many illnesses were first treated with dangerous, sometimes barbaric, methods that initially seemed almost as bad as the sickness.