A new study by A/Prof Kim Mellor and colleagues was published recently in Nature Cardiovascular Research. The study identifies a promising new therapeutic target for diabetic heart disease and found that restoring a key cellular recycling process — glycophagy — improves heart relaxation in diabetic mice and human cardiac organoids.
Read the paper: Nature Cardiovascular Research – Read-only version
News & Views article: Nature: Glycophagy and diabetic cardiomyopathy
University of Auckland press release: Gene therapy reverses diabetic heart failure
The University’s press release has already been picked up by several national and international online news outlets — a testament to the wide-reaching impact of this groundbreaking research.