How Gene Therapy Could Help a Type of Heart Failure Associated with Diabetes w/ University of Auckland’s Dr Kim Mellor: 27 November, 2025

New research shows the potential of gene therapy to rescue heart function in a type of heart failure that people with diabetes are more likely to experience. 

The type of heat failure that diabetes increases the risk of is currently difficult to treat, but the latest research offers new hope. 

Wire Host Caeden spoke to University of Auckland Associate Professor Dr Kim Mellor about her work on this research and what the next steps are for it to turn into a viable treatment.