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BHF-funded researchers are using stem cell ‘heart-in-a-dish’ technology - originally created to explore potential treatments for heart failure - to help understand how and why coronavirus (Covid-19) impacts the heart.

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University of Sheffield | Professor Paul Evans

Atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty deposits in blood vessels, begins at the branches and bends of arteries. This plaque disturbs blood flow, causing a phenomenon called low ‘wall shear stress’ (WSS). In turn, this leads to abnormal grow...

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University of Bristol | Dr Mark Bond

The build-up of scar tissue in the heart (fibrosis) is a key process that contributes to heart failure. It is caused by an increased number of cells called fibroblasts, which lay together to form scar tissue. The result is that the heart wa...

Over half of Brits don’t venture outside of their comfort zones and almost half (45%) fear that one day they might live to regret it, according to new statistics released by the BHF.

Ben cut his risk of having a heart attack in the next 10 years from 18 to 4.3 per cent by stopping smoking, losing weight and lowering his blood pressure and cholesterol. Find out how.

Get to know our BHF funded researchers, from PhD students to intermediate and senior basic science and clinical research fellows.

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University of Glasgow | Professor Margaret MacLean

More than 2,000 people in the UK have pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), where overactive cell growth in blood vessel walls reduces the space for blood flow in the lungs. Professor Margaret MacLean has been awarded a three-year grant to...

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Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Suchita Nadkarni

Pre-eclampsia is a common condition that occurs during pregnancy. It is a leading cause of death in mothers and unborn babies worldwide. Women with pre-eclampsia have abnormal heart function during pregnancy and a high risk of developing h...

Nearly 10,000 fewer heart operations and other heart procedures were carried out in October in England compared to the same month before the pandemic began, latest NHS England figures reveal.

Professor Mauro Giacca is pioneering treatments to prevent, treat or even reverse heart failure.