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Twenty-one charity partners to take part in London to Brighton Bike Ride
Following a successful first-of-its-kind trial, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) are thrilled to announce 21 charity partners will be taking part in their 2023 London to Brighton Bike Ride.
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Using nanomaterials to lower cholesterolUniversity of Surrey | Dr Daniel Whelligan
Atherosclerosis, where blood vessels become ‘furred up’ and narrowed, is a major cause of death and disability in the UK. Statins are used to lower cholesterol for those with, atherosclerosis but they are not always well tolerated. There ar...
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Developing ways to personalise digoxin treatmentUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Davor Pavlovic
Digoxin is a common treatment for people with atrial fibrillation and heart failure, but it doesn’t always work as well as expected. Dr Pavlovic’s team at the University of Birmingham has previously shown that substances in the blood called...
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Pinpointing the proteins that promote atherosclerosisLancaster University | Professor David Middleton
Deposits of amyloid protein are probably better known for being involved in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. But there is increasing evidence that these amyloid ‘plaques’ also accumulate with the fatty deposits that ...
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Trichoplein and blood vessel health in diabetesUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Andrea Caporali
The blood vessels in the human body are lined with a thin layer of endothelial cells. In healthy people, endothelial cells help to form new vessels by migrating and dividing. In diabetic patients, these endothelial cells are faulty and weak...
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New Government must commit to a heart disease action plan
Sir Keir Starmer’s new Government must seize the moment and tackle the ongoing heart care crisis head-on, the BHF urges today.
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Understanding the impact of metabolites on heart functionUniversity of Oxford | Professor Craig Lygate
Homoarginine (HA) and creatine are substances produced by the AGAT enzyme. Too little of either substance impairs heart function, and it’s thought that they may act together in the progression of heart failure. Low levels of HA are known t...
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Testing if sulforaphane is protective in obesity and gestational diabetesKing's College London | Dr Sarah Chapple
Dr Sarah Chapple and her colleagues at King’s College London are working out if a molecule called sulforaphane could protect mothers and babies from the harmful effects of maternal obesity and diabetes. Obesity increases the risk of gesta...
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Regenerative medicine: The Holy Grail of research
In 2013, we established the BHF Centres of Regenerative Medicine. Each Centre had a different scientific focus. Read more.
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Studying the role of two genes in the earliest stages of embryonic heart developmentCardiff University | Dr Branko Latinkic
The formation of the heart in the embryo requires a complex group of genes being switched on and off at exactly the right moment, and for exactly the right amount of time. When this goes wrong in some way, congenital heart defects can devel...