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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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HEARTLINK Ealing Hospital Heart Support Group
Find the contact details for your local BHF Support Group. Providing support and friendship to anyone who has been affected by heart and circulatory diseases
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How are heart researchers using the Nobel Prize-winning genetic scissors?
We can all agree that 2020 has been a year like no other, but the fact that there are researchers out there using a Nobel Prize-winning discovery to help us beat heartbreak forever – to help us live in a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases – is exactly what we all needed to know right now.
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Identifying and predicting which forms of titin are involved in cardiomyopathyUniversity of Liverpool | Dr Olga Mayans
The heart is made up of many different cell types and proteins that work together to produce every heart beat. One important protein is called titin. There are over 8,000 different versions of the titin gene and some of them don’t work prop...
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Understanding the role of exosomes in heart health in diabetesImperial College London | Professor Costanza Emanueli
Professor Emanueli and her team want to understand the damaging molecular messengers sent to heart cells in diabetes. Having diabetes increases a person’s risk of developing coronary heart disease, and it makes the disease worse by damag...
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Can aspirin and fish oil supplements protect people with diabetes from heart disease?University of Oxford | Professor Jane Armitage
People with diabetes are at a higher risk of having a heart attack or stroke. ASCEND is a clinical trial which started in 2004. The study aimed to find out whether a daily aspirin tablet and/or a fish oil capsule could help to prevent peopl...
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Understanding how intensive exercise can lead to abnormal heart rhythmsUniversity of Manchester | Dr Alicia DSouza
Exercising regularly is good for heart health, but athletes and people who take part in intensive exercise, such as ultramarathons, can be prone to heart rhythm disturbances such as atrial fibrillation. Dr Alicia D’Souza has previously sh...
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Examining the PRCP enzyme as a potential new target for heart failure treatmentsUniversity of Manchester | Dr Xin Wang
Heart failure is a devastating condition, which affects hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. Several current medicines for treating heart failure centre around an enzyme called angiotensin, which can cause the condition to develop and...
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Why are endurance athletes more prone to abnormal heart rhythms?University of Manchester | Professor Mark R Boyett
Our heart requires an electrical signal to beat correctly. When this signal breaks down, disturbances in the heart beat called arrhythmias occur. Arrhythmias can cause serious health problems and even sudden death. We know that athletes who...
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Tobacco measures headline King’s Speech
The King's Speech outlined the Government's commitment to creating a smokefree generation and addressing NHS workforce challenges.