The technology used to create the vaccines against the Covid, could lead to the first cure for heart attacks. The discovery comes from King’s College London. The research team led by Trieste physician Mauro Jacket has identified key genetic codes, called mRNAs, that produce proteins that stimulate the creation of new healthy heart cells.
These mRNAs can be directed directly to the heart muscle after a heart attack, implementing the same technology as Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Groundbreaking research also identified proteins that could be injected into patients treated on ambulances after heart attacks, the Times reports.
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“We are all born with a certain number of muscle cells in our heart and they are exactly the same ones we will die with. The heart does not have the ability to repair itself after a heart attack – says Jacket -. Our goal was to find a treatment that could push the surviving cells to proliferate. Regenerating a damaged human heart was a dream until a few years ago, but now it can become reality ».
“We are using exactly the same technology as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to inject mRNA into the heart, reaching the surviving heart cells and driving their proliferation. The new cells would replace the dead ones and instead of forming a scar, the patient would have new muscle tissue, ”continues Jacket. Scientists believe new mRNA (ribonucleic acid) therapy could revolutionize cardiovascular medicine and stop millions of heart attacks from progressing to heart failure. Trials to regenerate damaged pig hearts have so far been successful. human tests will arrive in the next two years.
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