Ischemia
Modified troponin I protein protects against major cardiovascular damage
Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, February 16th, 2006
In a study published January 22, 2006, in Nature Medicine as an advance online publication, U-M scientists describe how they created a modified form of a heart muscle protein called troponin I and how it improved cardiac function in mice and in damaged human heart cells. The secret was using genetic engineering technology to replace one amino acid called alanine, found in the adult form of troponin I, with a histidine from the fetal form of the same protein.
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2006-02-16)
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