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University of Oxford | Professor Vanessa Ferreira

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the narrowing or blockage of blood vessels feeding the heart muscle. Parts of the heart that receive poor blood supply may still be alive, and it is important to identify these parts of the heart because the...

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King's College London | Dr Olena Rudyk

Blood vessels that connect the heart with the lungs, the pulmonary arteries, constrict when the amount of oxygen in the body is low (known as hypoxia). In short term hypoxia, this process is important because it directs blood to parts of th...

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University of Nottingham | Professor Chris Denning

Professor Chris Denning is investigating how to make stem cells a tool to help solve a variety of problems, from testing drugs safety to repairing damaged organs. In the lab, we can turn stem cells into heart cells, but these cells do no...

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University of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox

Professor Jules Hancox and his colleagues at the University of Bristol are studying the causes of abnormal heart rhythms in Rett Syndrome, a condition caused by faults in a gene called MECP2. In Rett Syndrome, children initially thrive, but...

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University of St Andrews | Dr Samantha Pitt

Dr Samantha Pitt from the University of St Andrew’s is studying how calcium is released from heart cells to maintain a regular heartbeat, and what goes wrong in heart failure. In healthy people, controlled calcium release causes the heart t...

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Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Thomas Nightingale

A BHF-funded team based in London are studying how to prevent harmful blood clotting without preventing helpful clots. The body’s response to injury needs to be rapid to prevent blood loss and minimise the chance of infection. Cells that l...

Years before developing diabetes, people with insulin resistance could be more likely to develop abnormal heart rhythms, which may put them at greater risk of sudden death, according to research we've funded and presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society conference.