Gene therapy for heart failure: The end of the beginning?

Researchers believe Heart Disease could be reversed by introducing a gene into heart cells which would boost the production of a key protein and allow the muscle to recover.

Sian Harding is Professor of Cardiac Pharmacology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, as well as Institute Lead for Women for Athena Swan, and a co-investigator within the UKRMP Immunomodulation Hub.

Image courtesy of interviewee. October 18, 2017

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