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University of Liverpool | Dr Jillian Madine

Amyloid is a substance made up of a mixture of proteins that have folded abnormally and solidified together. Amyloid can build up in tissues and organs such as the heart and the aorta. Cardiovascular amyloid is most common in people over th...

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University of Sheffield | Professor Tim Chico

Dr Timothy Chico and his team are studying the way that our heart and blood vessels develop. Understanding this better may reveal new ways to treat heart disease. In this project, Dr Chico is studying minute hair-like structures, called...

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University of Sheffield | Dr Victoria Ridger

Understanding how atherosclerosis develops and progresses may reveal new ways to treat the condition in the future. In atherosclerosis, the large blood vessels in our bodies ‘fur up’ with fatty plaque deposits and blood flow is restricted t...

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University of Bristol | Dr Emma Hart

The number of young adults (aged 18-40 years) with high blood pressure, known as hypertension, is rising. This is worrying because high blood pressure is a leading cause of heart and circulatory disease. It is not clear why young people g...

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University of Reading | Professor David S Leake

Dr David Leake and his colleagues at the University of Reading are finding out if an antioxidant drug called cysteamine could treat atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis develops when arteries become furred up with cholesterol, and it can ca...