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People with serious heart and circulatory diseases who have been shielding from Covid-19 in England have been advised that they can spend more time outside their homes from Monday, July 6.

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Imperial College London | Dr Sonya Babu Narayan

Thanks to advances in treatment, most babies born with congenital heart disease survive to adulthood but many are at risk of sudden death from unexpected heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmia). Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan has been awarded an Int...

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King's College London | Professor Manuel Mayr

BHF Professor Manuel Mayr and his team at King’s College London are leaders in the high-tech field of cardiovascular proteomics. This is the study of all the proteins – called the proteome – in cells of the heart and blood stream. This gran...

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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...

A pacemaker could help reverse symptoms of heart failure by encouraging the heart to use more efficient fuel, according to the results of a BHF funded study

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Main meal, Serves: 2, Prep time: 25

Sweet potato wedges and tomato salsa bring a fresh twist to this healthy and sustainable version of fish and chips.

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University of Bristol | Dr Danielle Paul

For our hearts to beat and pump blood around the body, heart muscle needs to contract. Under the microscope, we can see that heart muscle is made up of two sets of filaments – thin and thick – which are made from several different proteins....

Future heart attacks could be better prevented in people visiting their GP with unexplained chest pain, after researchers we've funded developed the clearest picture yet of the factors that put them at higher risk.

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University of Hull | Dr Graeme Stasiuk

The PhD student supervised by Dr Graeme Stasiuk is creating a state-of-the-art new drug delivery and imaging system using quantum dot nanoparticles. This system will allow doctors to deliver drugs to specific types of blood cell, called pla...

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University of Nottingham | Dr Jeanette Woolard

A molecule called adenosine is released from cells throughout the body to help protect them and repair them when damaged. Scientists hope to develop drugs that mimic how adenosine works to produce similar protective and healing effects. ...