Tech Article 11 / 22: Repairing Human Hearts

A discovery that creates heart cells from skin cells, which could make it possible to repair damaged human hearts. Such an application is at least 10-20 years away, but the process can already be utilized for in-depth study of genetic diseases and the development of personalized drugs for irregular heartbeats and other inherited disorders. Published in the latest issue of Circulation, the findings by Prof. Lior Gepstein of the Technion’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Rambam Medical Center could make it possible to clinically repair damaged human hearts.