DMEMEDS shared post via Reuters: Gene therapy creates 'biological pacemaker' cells for the heart

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have succeeded in turning ordinary cardiac muscle cells into specialized ones that deliver a steady heartbeat using a gene therapy procedure they predict could become an alternative to implanted electronic pacemakers. [Category: healthNews] http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/2_l0I_-AzU8/story01.htm

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