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Scientists we fund share stunning images of their cutting-edge research into finding a desperately needed cure for heart failure, a devastating condition affecting nearly one million people in the UK. Each image reflects work tackling heart failure with different approaches to regenerative medicine that uses ways to teach the heart to repair itself.

BHF-funded research saved Dr Robin Chung’s life and inspired his career as a cardiologist. Read his inspiring story.

Lacunar stroke is caused by damage to small blood vessels deep in the brain, and can ultimately lead to dementia. LACI-2 explored whether isosorbide mononitrate and cilostazol could be used to treat lacunar stroke.

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University College London | Professor Andrew Taylor

In the UK, 12 babies a day are diagnosed with a congenital heart defect, a condition or defect that develops in the womb before a baby is born. The defects seen in babies’ hearts are numerous, complex and often unique. It is now possible to...

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King's College London | Professor Rene Botnar

Patients with coronary heart disease have arteries which have been damaged by the build-up of ‘fatty plaques’ in the vessel wall, which can eventually rupture to cause a blood clot that leads to a heart attack. Some fatty plaques – a mixtur...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Ziad Mallat

Over the past two decades a wealth of research evidence – including from BHF-funded studies - has revealed a great deal about the importance of genetics underlying coronary heart disease. It has shown that changes in many different genes ca...

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University of Oxford | Dr Rebecca-Ann Burton

Each heartbeat is controlled by an electric signal that triggers the movement of calcium ions into the heart muscle cells. The flow of calcium ions in and out of heart muscle cells is fundamental for the control of our heartbeat. When disru...

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Imperial College London | Professor Darrel Francis

Professor Darrel Francis and his team are studying new ways to help doctors work out which patients are experiencing side effects from statins. Statins are drugs that lower cholesterol and markedly reduce the chance of heart attacks and ...