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Does sodium valproate reduce the risk of stroke?University of Cambridge | Professor Hugh Markus
When blood vessels feeding the brain become blocked because of furred up arteries (atherosclerosis) or a blood clot, a stroke occurs. In 2009, around 49,000 people in the UK died following a stroke. This research will find out if an epileps...
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New technique makes heart transplant possible for more children in need
A new technique developed by researchers we've funded funded at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has doubled the number of children able to receive a heart transplant, giving them new hope of a longer and healthier life.
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Designing a drug to combat dangerous circulation problemsUniversity of Nottingham | Professor David Bates
Many people with heart and circulatory disease have arteries that progressively narrow and block, cutting off blood supply to the tissues beyond. In about half of these cases, the body tries to circumvent this problem by growing new blood v...
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Using big data to improve heart healthMedical Research Council | Ms Unknown Medical Research Council
The British Heart Foundation has joined a consortium of UK government and charity funders, led by the Medical Research Council (MRC), to contribute to a £19 million investment to establish four electronic-health research Centres of Excellen...
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Studying the mechanisms that underlie heart contractionKing's College London | Dr Min Zhang
Dr Min Zhang and his colleagues at King’s College London are studying the mechanisms underpinning heart contraction, and what goes wrong in disease. The heart changes the strength of its ‘pump’ or contraction so it can adapt to different ...
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First clinical trial of gene therapy to prevent graft failure post CABGUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Andrew Howard Baker
Doctors sometimes recommend coronary bypass surgery for people with coronary heart disease (CHD), to improve the blood supply to heart muscle. It involves taking an artery or vein from elsewhere in the body and grafting it into the coronary...
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Research could help detect early signs of heart failure in diabetic patients
New research in Leicester, which we funded, could help understand how heart failure can develop in people living with Type 2 diabetes.
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Using machine learning to improve physical activity guidelinesUniversity of Oxford | Dr Aiden Doherty
Current evidence shows that too little physical activity increases the risk of heart disease. However, the evidence we have is largely based on asking people how much physical activity they do, which is not accurate. Modern studies tend to ...
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Are statins really of little benefit to healthy people?
A study reports that giving statins to people with low risk of heart disease may not be worthwhile. We look behind the headlines.
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Getting FISSical to understand heart muscle contractionKing's College London | Dr Yin Biao Sun
Each heart beat is triggered by a pulse of calcium in a heart muscle cell, and is driven at the molecular level by myosin and actin filaments sliding past each other and generating the force for contraction. Calcium triggers contraction by ...