As you've seen with Andy, the catheter is advanced into an artery, up and through the inside of the heart, and the chest remains intact. The recovery period is much less. Well, assuming that the results are the same as far as outcome, then it would be preferable to have this form done non-invasively. Also at the meeting of the American Heart Association, gene therapy was discussed as a possibility for helping people with severe heart disease. Tell us about that.
Gene therapy is very exciting.
In this form of therapy, we inject material into the heart muscle or through the coronary arteries that actually stimulate the heart muscle cells to produce chemicals that promote the formation of new blood vessels. This is much more appealing than needing to drill a hole in the heart in order to get an inflammatory process to build new vessels. It's possible, however, that combinations of therapy will be used. We can drill a hole in the heart, then use gene therapy as well, and perhaps get a more abundant vascular supply, and this could only benefit the patients. Yes, they are.