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King's College London | Professor Luigi Gnudi

Professor Luigi Gnudi and his team at King’s College London are studying a protein called Nogo-B to find out if it could protect blood vessels during diabetic kidney disease. In diabetes, small blood vessels in the kidney become damaged, ...

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King's College London | Professor Catherine Shanahan

Professor Catherine Shanahan at King’s College London is studying why, as we age, our arteries accumulate bone-like deposits and harden. This hardening increases our risk of developing high blood pressure or having a heart attack or stroke....

The XILO-FIST trial looked at whether the gout medication allopurinol could help people recover from a stroke or transient ischaemic attack.

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St George's, University of London | Professor Gillian W Cockerill

An abdominal aortic aneurysm is where there is a weakening in the main blood vessel in the abdomen, which results in a breakdown of the vessel. Professor Gillian W Cockerill and colleagues at St George's University London have recently show...

Our Medical Director writes about the recent findings around statins and increased risk of type 2 diabetes. He explains the flaws in the research and why it is crucial people continue to take their statin.

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Research funded by the British Heart Foundation has found that having diabetes increases the risk of dying from the effects of a heart attack by around 50 per cent

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University of Manchester | Professor Giulio Cossu

Currently, we cannot repair damaged heart tissue, such as after a heart attack, which means the heart doesn’t work as effectively. Research investigating cells that could promote repair or help replace damaged heart tissue could reveal new ...