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"I worry if I wait any longer for heart treatment, I'll be housebound"
Dot Addley talks about how she has been waiting 18 months for a potentially life-saving procedure to open up her coronary artery.
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A world-leading centre for developmental and regenerative medicine researchUniversity of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley
The BHF is helping the University of Oxford bring together developmental biology and regenerative medicine in a single institute by contributing £5 million towards a new Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM). The new b...
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Bio-engineering blood vessels to improve long term success of heart bypass surgeryUniversity of Bristol | Professor Paolo Madeddu
More than two million people are living in the UK with coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease occurs when the vessels supplying blood to the heart – the coronary arteries – become narrowed or blocked by fatty plaques. A common treat...
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Unravelling the effects of genetic variation in pulmonary hypertensionImperial College London | Dr Christopher Rhodes
Over 9000 European people with rare diseases had their genomes sequenced as part of the UK’s BRIDGE project. One of diseases studied was pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) – high blood pressure in the lungs, which leads to heart failure....
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Finding out why statins sometimes cause muscle pain and weaknessUniversity of Leeds | Dr Sarah C Calaghan
Statins are medicines taken by millions of people in the UK as an effective way to lower their risk of having a heart attack or a stroke. However, some people who take statins develop a side-effect that causes muscle pain and weakness, part...
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A potential new anti-oxidant approach to combating atherosclerosisUniversity of Reading | Professor David S Leake
Researchers will investigate a potential new way to prevent the damaging effects of LDL cholesterol in arteries. ‘Bad’ LDL cholesterol contributes to artery disease, known as atherosclerosis, which causes heart attacks. Part of the proce...
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How do immune cells help to protect against atherosclerosis?University of Cambridge | Professor Ziad Mallat
BHF Professor Ziad Mallat at the University of Cambridge is studying how immune cells called type 2 innate lymphoid (or ILC2) cells, could help to protect against atherosclerosis, when arteries become furred up and narrow with fatty plaques...
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“Be proud... you’ve won the battle” – Michelle's story
Michelle Houston had heart surgery in her 20s. Gradually she's learned to view her scar as a sign of bravery. Read more.
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Building 3-D blood vessels to study blood clottingKeele University | Professor Ying Yang
In this PhD studentship the researchers will grow human blood vessels in the laboratory from cells taken from human donors. They propose that the 3-D engineered blood vessels can be used to study the process of blood clotting. Platelets are...