BHF Centre of Research Excellence
King's College London
The new BHF Centre of Research
Excellence at King's College London will bring
together a unique range of scientists and doctors.
They aim to develop, in the
next six years, new methods for early diagnosis of heart
disease and new drugs and stem-cell based methods for
treatment and prevention.
In particular they will focus on the factors
that cause heart failure, lack of blood flow to the heart and
narrowing and hardening of the arteries.
Our professors
BHF Professor Ajay
Shah heads the centre and BHF Professors Qingbo Xu and Mathias
Gautel are key research leaders within it. This award builds on
recent BHF investment in the College, including £4
million towards new high-tech heart research
facilities.
Leading experts in heart imaging, stem
cell research, molecular science and
muscle cell biology will combine their skills and
join forces with specialists in physics, computing and engineering
to open up exciting avenues for research.
Research
The teams aim to generate new blood vessel
cells from stem cells to transform heart bypass operations, uncover
the causes of diseases of the heart muscle and adapt imaging
techniques that don't use radiation to develop safer,
better-targeted treatments for heart
patients.
Scientists and clinicians in the Centre will
strive to translate cutting-edge science into patient benefit as
quickly as possible. This 'bench-to-bedside'
approach is one of King's great strengths and the BHF award has led
to a new partnership with Medical Research Council units to
speed up development and testing of new
medicines.
Key aims
- Act as a beacon to attract,
train and retain the best young scientists.
- Establish a range of training
programmes for scientists at different stages of their
careers.
- Nurture talent for the future and help the
UK become a world leader in heart research and treatment.
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