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Gene therapy corrects mutation responsible for common heart condition, research shows
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Gene therapy corrects mutation responsible for common heart condition, research shows

by  UT Southwestern Medical Center These representative hearts from 12-week-old mice show a normal heart (left) and an enlarged heart that’s characteristic of dilated cardiomyopathy. Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system, UT Southwestern researchers corrected mutations responsible for a common inherited heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in human cells and a mouse...