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Understanding the different ways NRP1 helps promote blood vessel growthUniversity College London | Professor Christiana Ruhrberg
The growth of new blood vessels is important to repair damaged tissue after a heart attack or stroke. It’s also important that blood vessels grow when and where they are needed and not in a dysfunctional way. A molecule in blood vessel cell...
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Genetic link between height and heart disease
Researchers that we part-funded at the University of Leicester, led by BHF Professor Sir Nilesh Samani, have found a genetic link between a person's height and their risk of coronary heart disease.
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Hunting for genes linked to cerebral small vessel diseaseUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Hugh Markus
Professor Hugh Markus and colleagues at the University of Cambridge are studying cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), a disease of the small blood vessels in the brain. The condition causes a quarter of all strokes and underlies vascular de...
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How do platelets detect injury or disease and trigger dangerous clotting?University of Reading | Professor Jonathan Gibbins
Platelets are small blood cells that protect us from bleeding by triggering blood to clot following an injury. But platelets can also trigger thrombosis - blood clotting inside the arteries, putting people at risk of heart attack or stroke....
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Average ambulance response times for heart attacks and strokes have risen, new data shows
Average ambulance response times for heart attacks and strokes were 47 minutes in December 2024, up from 42 minutes in November latest NHS England data reveals
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Developing a computer model to predict heart clots in atrial fibrillationUniversity College London | Dr Giorgia M Bosi
BHF Immediate Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellow Georgia Bosi is developing a new computer model that will help us understand why blood clots form in atrial fibrillation and what treatments work best. Arrhythmias happen when the...
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Searching for new drugs to treat blood vessel diseaseUniversity of East Anglia | Dr Samuel Fountain
Dr Samuel Fountain at the University of East Anglia is searching for new molecules that boost nitric oxide and could ultimately treat blood vessel diseases. Nitric oxide is a gas made by the endothelial cells lining our blood vessels, whi...
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EVENT
Brighton 10K
Date
4 April 2027
Location
Brighton
Run 10k across the coastal scenery of Brighton and experience the atmosphere and support from the crowds along the route.
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How to make pies more heart-healthy
Pies are a popular, though rarely heart-healthy, comfort food. But with a few changes even those with heart and circulatory disease can enjoy them.
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Investigating the role of SVEP1 in vascular smooth muscle contractionUniversity of Leicester | Dr Thomas Webb
Leicester researchers will uncover the function of a gene linked to heart disease. Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in the UK. Our risk of developing it is determined both by our lifestyle and our genes. Recent resear...