National Heart Centre Singapore discovers patient-specific cure for dangerous heart rhythm disorder

(SingHealth) A National Heart Centre Singapore research team has successfully and completely reversed the effects of the hERG (human ether-a-go-go-related gene) mutation in long QT syndrome 2 in patient-specific heart cells, scoring a world's first. This novel experiment paves the way for the better understanding on how drugs affect cell and intra-cell disordered function and allows safe testing of new compounds on patients' own cells, without the risk of side effects to the patients themselves.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news