Heart diseases, which can occur as a result of many different factors, cause the death of millions of people worldwide every year. When this is the case, scientists are conducting research on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of such diseases. For example, an artificial intelligence has been developed recently that can prevent deadly heart problems.
Now, it has been announced that a very important step will be taken towards genetic heart diseases. Accordingly, scientists will develop DNA treatments for such diseases. This method, which is a first in the world, is expected to revolutionize the cardiovascular field and save the lives of many people in the future.
Animal trials have been successful, clinical testing expected to begin in five years
According to the news shared by Euronews, in this method, the DNA will be rewritten and faulty genes will be suppressed. It was among the news that the project, which will be carried out by British, American and Singaporean researchers, received a grant of 30 million pounds from the British Heart Foundation. It was also stated that the treatment will be developed with the help of precision genetic techniques.
It should also be noted that promising results have emerged in the project called Cureheart for now. According to the news, tests were carried out on animals for the technique. It was stated that these tests also gave successful results.
In his statements, one of the researchers, Hugh Watkins, said, “We believe that we can develop a gene therapy that we can start clinical testing in the next five years,” and stated when the clinical tests of this gene editing therapy will begin. Watkins also emphasized that problems such as cardiomyopathy are very common, and stated that they hope to relieve concerns about problems such as sudden death and heart failure.
Hereditary heart muscle conditions affect millions of people each year. In fact, studies are reported that 260,000 people in the UK alone have conditions that can cause sudden death. Such diseases can cause death at any age, regardless of whether people are young or old. Situations such as the death of an athlete in high school from a heart attack may be the best example of this.
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