I wonder if this could also fix cardiomyopathy? My better half was diagnosed with it almost 15 years ago, had a defib implant, and a replacement, then had a heart attack/bypass 3 years ago and is now in congestive heart failure. Her heart quack has told her a transplant is about the only option left but she refuses to even consider one due to the many drawbacks.
Moderna and AstraZeneca are collaborating on a regenerative treatment for heart disease, comprising injecting mRNA encoding the VEGF protein into the diseased heart muscle.
“ Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a signalling protein that promotes the growth of new blood vessels. VEGF forms part of the mechanism that restores the blood supply to cells and tissues when they are deprived of oxygenated blood due to compromised blood circulation.”
It might be just far enough along that it could help, unlike Zebrafish genes/proteins. In late 2020 ( see the following link, section 6, lower part of page 7) they were still enrolling patients in phase 2a “safety and efficacy”.
Long shot that this is useful, but OTOH mRNA therapeutics are a revolutionary new modality. And no, mRNA doesn’t change your DNA, unless you have a lot of other stuff going on such as a retrovirus infection. IMO using it to save lives, isn’t playing God, it is using what God gave us.
In before the haters and biology Kruger-Dunning know-it-alls.