(Medical Xpress)—A fresh round of trials to evaluate gene therapy for the heart is set to begin in a couple of weeks. The British Heart Foundation will be sponsoring the study, which seeks to replace defective calcium pump genes inside cells, with new ones delivered by a virus. The main trials will look at a group of around 200 patients worldwide, and a separate trial will look at 24 patients who already have a mechanical heart-assist device implanted.
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