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Understanding air pollution and reducing drug side effects: Discover the research we're funding

In the last three months we've funded £16 million of life-saving research. That's 41 new research projects across the UK. Read about five of the most exciting.

Nanotechnology animation Research

Watch: How nanotechnology is helping heart failure

Watch our animation to find out how nanotechnology – the science and technology of very tiny things, is helping BHF researchers look for new treatments that could help heart failure patients.

Dr Alan Stewart Research

Could fat in your bloodstream cause blood clots?

BHF research is shedding more light on how fats in your blood could affect your health. Dr Alan Stewart explains his research to Sarah Brealey.

Hidden heroes of research - Phillipa Major, Kelvin Pitman, Noel Faherty and Professor Jill Pell Research

Hidden heroes of BHF research

BHF research is rigorously scrutinised so we get the most out of the money you donate. Lucy Trevallion meets four people who work behind the scenes to make this happen.

Artificial intelligence 3D heart Research

Could artificial intelligence help treat heart failure?

Harnessing cutting-edge technologies could bring new hope for people with heart and circulatory disease. In the first of a new series, Sarah Brealey learns how artificial intelligence could help treat heart failure.

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5 amazing science videos

We create lots of videos and animations to help inform, inspire and support people to live a heart-healthy lifestyle. Here are 5 of the best science videos we've produced recently. Prepare to be amazed...

Dr Vijay Kunadian Research

Improving heart attack treatments for older patients

Dr Vijay Kunadian is leading a research trial investigating whether standard heart attack treatments still suit patients in their 70s, 80s and 90s. She tells Sarah Brealey about her work.

Mona Lisa Research

10 surprising secrets to beating heart disease

Over the years we’ve developed a whole host of pioneering and innovative secrets to give us the edge in our fight against heart disease. Take a look at some of the most surprising methods we’re using in our research to win this battle once and for all.

Professor Massimo Caputo Research

Repairing hearts born with congenital heart disease

Professor Massimo Caputo repairs the hearts of children born with congenital heart disease. He tells Sarah Brealey how BHF support is helping him improve lives.

How we Research

Watch: How we're finding a cure for inherited heart conditions

The BHF is funding research to find the genes that cause inherited heart conditions such as Marfan syndrome. Watch our animation to learn how scientists are looking for new treatments.

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How ticks are helping to cure heart disease

BHF researchers are investigating how ticks - tiny blood-sucking parasites, could help us cure heart disease. Professor Shoumo Bhattacharya tells Sarah Brealey about his work.

Philippa Coffey and Dr Kerstin Timm Research

Video: Making chemotherapy safer

Chemotherapy can save lives, but it can also permanently damage the heart. BHF researcher Dr Kerstin Timm explains how her work is trying to stop it, and cancer patient Philippa Coffey talks about her experience of heart failure.

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Growing heart cells and boosting the benefits of exercise: Discover the research we're funding

From November 2017 to February 2018 we granted £16 million of funding for life-saving research. That's 41 new research projects across the UK. Here are five of the most exciting projects we agreed to fund.

Professor Derek Steele Research

Cancer drugs and abnormal heart rhythms

Professor Derek Steele is researching ways to prevent the abnormal heart rhythms that can be side effects of some cancer drugs.

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Watch: Finding the genes that cause heart disease

BHF scientists are looking at our genes to find new ways to stop people suffering from heart disease. Watch our animation to learn more about this work and find out how your genes affect your heart.

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Transatlantic research to improve heart disease treatment

A year in New York helped Dr Marc Dweck develop advanced ways to spot and treat heart problems, as he tells Sarah Brealey.

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Watch: Research into blood clots

Thanks to BHF funding, Dr Tom McKinnon is aiming to find a new drug that reduces the risk of blood clots that cause a heart attack or stroke. Watch our video to learn more about his work.

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Arsenic and heart disease risk: A global research project

Heart disease doesn't recognise boundaries and nor does research. Dr Rajiv Chowdhury is working on global health projects, including looking at the health effects of arsenic. He tells Sarah Brealey how his international approach helps patients.

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Watch: How are we changing lives with research?

At the BHF we fund research into cardiovascular disease and ensure discoveries from the lab bench make a difference at the patient’s bedside. Watch our animation for one example of how we’ve done just that.

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Interactive: Explore our research all around the body

To tackle heart and circulatory disease we need to look beyond the heart. Explore how we're investing millions of pounds to find a cure for problems all around the body.

Professor Stuart Cook People behind the science

Inherited heart disease research in Singapore

Much of Professor Stuart Cook's work is based on international collaborations. He tells Sarah Brealey how his work in Singapore, looking at the role of genes in heart and circulatory disease, could help patients around the world.

Professor Joanna Wardlaw Research

Research into lacunar stroke and dementia

Lacunar stroke is a type of stroke that could be contributing to dementia. Sarah Brealey hears how Professor Joanna Wardlaw and her colleagues are tackling the problem.

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Research into bone marrow

Funded by the BHF, Professor Paolo Madeddu is researching ways to ensure bone marrow stays healthy so it can promote healing, especially in people with diabetes.

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Watch: Research into organ transplant rejection and myocarditis

BHF Professor Federica Marelli-Berg's immune system research is tackling organ transplant rejection and myocarditis. Find out more, and watch a video about the research.

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Research into pulmonary hypertension

Professor Martin Wilkins is researching new treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension, supported by BHF funding.

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Watch: Research into abdominal aortic aneurysm

Abdominal aortic aneurysm is relatively common in older men and can be life-threatening. A new study hopes to shed light on how it develops.

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In depth: why are some babies born with heart problems?

Learn how BHF-funded research could help families who are affected by congenital heart disease.

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Research exploring genetic links to congenital heart disease

An international collaboration has discovered previously unknown links between genetics and congenital heart disease, with the help of BHF funding.

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Research into diabetes

Diabetes is a growing problem which damages your body in many ways. Dr Stephen Wheatcroft tells Sarah Brealey how he’s trying to find a cure.

dr hiten mistry Research

Research into pre-eclampsia

There could be a simple way to reduce pre-eclampsia, a potentially life-threatening condition which affects pregnant women and their unborn babies. Dr Hiten Mistry explains the latest research.

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Research into chronic kidney disease

Kidney disease can cause major health problems, as well as raising your risk of heart disease. Dr Maarten Koeners is trying to tackle this problem.

Diabetic retinopathy - a patient Research

Research into retinopathy

BHF funded research is helping to find a cure for some types of sight problems. Dr Denise McDonald explains to Sarah Brealey.

The Frost family at a cricket match, Sir David Frost not pictured Future treatments

How research is helping to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Research has given new insight into an inherited heart condition causing sudden death in young people. Now a new BHF fund could help stop those deaths.

Atherosclerosis Research

Watch: Research to prevent amputation

Bijan Modarai talks about his research into critical limb ischaemia, the most severe form of peripheral arterial disease, and how he hopes to save patients from amputation.

Dr Geoff Moggridge in the lab talking about his research into replacement heart valves Future treatments

Watch: Is this the future of replacement heart valves?

A BHF-funded chemical engineer is perfecting a material to tackle heart valve disease. This short animation explains how this new discovery could transform replacement valves.

Head shot of Professor Peter Weissberg Big interview

Peter Weissberg, retiring BHF Medical Director on highlights of a career promoting research

Peter Weissberg shares highlights from his 12 year tenure as Medical Director of the BHF with Sarah Brealey.

Geoff Moggridge with valve 205x316 exp0719 Future treatments

Is this the future of replacement heart valves?

A BHF-funded chemical engineer is perfecting a material to tackle heart valve disease. He tells Sarah Brealey how it could change patients’ lives

John Deanfield Research

Professor John Deanfield on foiling heart disease

John Deanfield’s healthy lifestyle helped him succeed first as an Olympian, and then as a top cardiologist and researcher. He tells us how heart disease starts much earlier than you think.

Striated muscle fibers of the heart myocardium. The cardiac myocytes have a central single nucleus and peripheral myofibrils. Light microscope micrograph. Research

9 research projects we’re funding on heart failure

At the moment, when your heart muscle is damaged by a heart attack, it can’t be repaired. We’re funding the country’s best scientists to find a cure.

Dr Jonathan Taylor Future treatments

The microscope helping to find a cure for heart failure

A bespoke microscope could bring insight into the self-healing heart of the zebrafish, moving us another step closer to a cure for heart failure. Dr Jonathan Taylor talks to us.

Stem cells Future treatments

10 breakthroughs in stem cell research

Stem cells could help cure heart failure. We look at major developments of the last 20 years and the role the BHF is playing.

Zebra fish in the lab Future treatments

5 ways zebrafish are helping us find a cure for heart disease

The zebrafish has a special place in heart disease research. Here are some of the BHF-funded projects which use the fish to look for new treatments for heart failure and other heart conditions too.

Costanza Emanueli, the newest BHF Professor People behind the science

Exploring "junk DNA" to help heart patients

Costanza Emanueli, our new BHF Professor, talks to us about using junk DNA to help heart patients recover and how travelling the world has furthered her research.

The Parsley family Survivor

Alive thanks to BHF research

More than 50 years of BHF research has helped save countless lives. We meet four people who are living life to the full, thanks to our cardiac innovations.

Professor Rhian Touyz People behind the science

10 inspirational women in science

Did you know that almost two thirds of BHF-funded PhD students are female? But women are under-represented in senior cardiovascular research roles, something the BHF is working to change. Here are 10 inspiring women scientists whose work we've supported.

Growing new heart muscle cells Future treatments

How stem cell research could help repair heart attack damage

Stem cell research could reveal new ways to help us mend broken hearts, as we discover.

Fish oil capsules Research

Could aspirin and fish oil help prevent heart attacks and stroke in diabetics?

Could a daily dose of aspirin and fish oil help prevent heart attacks and stroke in people with diabetes? We put the questions to Professor Jane Armitage.

Richard Mindham Research

How a vegan came to terms with animal research

A heart failure diagnosis led vegan Richard Mindham to question his attitudes to animal research.

Dr Danielle Paul Future treatments

Studying heart muscle under the microscope

Following a planned career break, Dr Danielle Paul is back studying heart muscle under the microscope. She talks to Sarah Kidner about her work and her ambitious plans for the future.

Professor Raimondo Ascione People behind the science

Turning research into reality

A new centre in Bristol will take lab research into hospitals to benefit patients. Professor Raimondo Ascione explains translational science and how animal research can be key to clinical breakthroughs.

The robot from the film Terminator 2 Research

7 pieces of science fiction we're making science fact

Films like Face/Off, Terminator 2 and Demolition Man might sound far-fetched, but thanks to research we’re funding, they aren’t as far from reality as you’d think.

School groups visiting LifeLab Change in lifestyle

Video: Lessons in health for future generations

Professor Mark Hanson’s groundbreaking project is aiming to change habits passed down through generations. He tells us how he’s planning to do it. Plus, don't miss our behind-the-scenes video.

Dr David Grieve and his student, Arya Moez Future treatments

How mentoring is helping us develop the research stars of the future

David Grieve and PhD student Arya Moez are using stem cells to try to regrow new blood vessels to help people with heart and circulation problems. Learn how expertise is passed on to a new generation of researchers.

A group of people Future treatments

Big data to advance health

Big data has become a hot topic in the field of research, but data collection and analysis have been driving innovation for decades, as BHF Professor John Danesh tells us.

Dr Janet Chamberlain Future treatments

Better stents for the future

Carbon monoxide could reduce complications from stent insertions in people who have had an angioplasty procedure. We talk to Dr Janet Chamberlain, who is leading the research at Sheffield University.

100,000 human genomes Future treatments

Sequencing 100,000 human genomes

A world-leading project to sequence 100,000 human genomes could get thousands of families the diagnosis they need. Genomics England’s Chief Scientist tells us more.

Horizon scanning Future treatments

The future of cardiovascular research

Our Medical Director talks about changes he's witnessed in cardiovascular care, and where the next big breakthroughs might come from - read the interview or watch the video.

BHF Professor Rhian Touyz Our Centres of Research Excellence

Understanding the causes of high blood pressure

Working both in a BHF Centre of Research Excellence and with patients in the clinic helps BHF Professor Rhian Touyz investigate the causes of high blood pressure.

Mike Dodd People behind the science

Family connection: Mike Dodd's research into heart failure

Mike Dodd tells us how he came to do his "dream job" researching the condition that affects his father and which he carries the gene for himself.

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