Telegraph.co.uk | Gene therapy for heart failure Telegraph.co.uk Prof Peter Weissberg, Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation, which is co-funding the research, said: "While drugs can offer some relief, there is currently no way of restoring function to the heart for those suffering with heart failure ... First UK trials of gene therapy for heart failure to begin Heart Failure: First UK Trial Of Gene Therapy - Sky News Damage from heart failure 'soon to be reversed' with new gene trial jab |