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RESEARCH
A pocket ‘CPR’ coach to save more lives from cardiac arrestUniversity College London | Professor Mark Peters
A cardiac arrest is when your heart suddenly stops pumping blood round your body. This can happen at any age. If someone’s heart stops beating, pushing hard and fast on the front of their chest can save their life. This is called card...
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Looking for a new way to lower cholesterolUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Endre Kiss Toth
Dr Endre Kiss Toth and his team at the University of Sheffield are looking for new ways to lower cholesterol levels in the blood to prevent arteries becoming blocked with fatty plaques, or atherosclerosis. Scientists have found that a prot...
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Understanding how to generate different types of heart cellUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Stefan Hoppler
As the heart develops, stem cells are directed to become specialised heart cells by messages from surrounding cells. The heart’s developmental programming depends on a complex network of signals and actions between cells and proteins in the...
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London to Brighton Bike Ride raises over £1m for vital heart research
Sir Patrick Vallance joined over 12,000 cyclists who pedalled their way to success in the British Heart Foundation's (BHF) London to Brighton Bike Ride on Sunday 16th June, raising over £1 million for vital heart research.
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Heart Trekkers bucket wrapPoster / chart
A handy wrap to print out and stick on your collection buckets and tins
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Studying a heart protein that senses blood flow and mechanical stressUniversity of Leeds | Dr Sarah C Calaghan
Supervised by Dr Jing Li, this PhD student is working out how heart muscle cells respond to mechanical stress. Heart muscle is made up of cells that are constantly exposed to mechanical stimulation as the heart beats and blood flows thro...
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On the NHS frontline: Victoria's story
Victoria Meynell, a cardiac nurse who works in the British Heart Foundation’s Health Service Engagement Team, reflects on her week on the NHS frontline where she cared for patients affected by coronavirus.
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Understanding healthy heart development to help repair congenital heart defectsKing's College London | Dr Karen Liu
Recent technological advances have made it possible to identify changes in our DNA which can cause congenital heart disease. But this still doesn’t always mean we know what the affected genes do during heart development. Dr Karen Liu has ...
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Finding genes that cause pulmonary arterial hypertension
BHF-funded researchers have identified genes responsible for this life-threatening condition and are developing new treatments.
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Reducing the use of animals in heart attack researchManchester Metropolitan University | Dr Sarah Jones
Heart attacks and most strokes occur when blood clots block one or more critical arteries in the heart or brain. These conditions kill millions of people each year around the world. Cutting this death toll requires researchers to study in e...