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    How do heart cells sense damage and influence repair?

    University of Leeds | Dr Neil Turner

    Dr Neil Turner and colleagues from the University of Leeds are working out if special heart cells called cardiac fibroblasts can sense cell damage in the heart, and if we can alter how they respond to improve heart repair after injury. A h...

  • BHF publishes Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap Report 2022

    We’re pleased to share our latest Gender Pay Gap Report and announce that our gender pay gap has closed significantly this year.

  • RESEARCH

    Von Willebrand factor and it role in blood clotting

    Imperial College London | Professor David A Lane

    Von Willebrand Factor (VWF) is a large blood protein. It helps cells in the blood called platelets recognise blood vessel wall damage, and makes them cluster at the sites of injury. An enzyme called ADAMTS13 controls the activity of VWF. If...

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    The role of microRNAs in pulmonary arterial hypertension

    University of Cambridge | Dr Paola Caruso

    Dr Paola Caruso at the University of Cambridge will study changes in microRNAs in the endothelial cells of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PAH is characterized by high blood pressure in the lungs. Although the precise c...

  • Date set for Max and Keira's Law

    Max and Keira's law will come into force in May 2020

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    Countering the early stages of atherosclerosis in diabetes

    University of Leeds | Dr Richard Cubbon

    Patients with diabetes (high blood sugar) often develop furring of their blood vessels called atherosclerosis, which leads to problems like heart attack and stroke. The earliest stage of atherosclerosis is thought to be caused by poor funct...

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    Could the fatty acid DGLA protect against atherosclerosis?

    Cardiff University | Professor Dipak Ramji

    Dr Dipak Ramji and colleagues at Cardiff University are studying atherosclerosis, a condition where arteries build up with fatty deposits and narrow, leading to serious problems such as heart attacks and strokes. Despite better treatments t...

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    How is oestrogen linked to pulmonary arterial hypertension?

    University of Strathclyde | Professor Margaret MacLean

    Professor Margaret MacLean and colleagues at the University of Glasgow are studying why more women than men develop pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), but men die more quickly. In PAH, the pulmonary arteries (arteries of the lungs) ...

  • Belfast scientist receives funding for research into how the body can regrow blood vessels

    We have awarded funding to Belfast scientist Dr Karla O'Neill for research that will help to bring us a step closer to creating treatments that can restore the body’s ability to grow new blood vessels