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Scientists in Leeds, funded by the British Heart Foundation, are to study the structure of blood clots, to help prevent heart attacks and improve treatment.

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University of Dundee | Professor Michael L J Ashford

Dr William Fuller is studying the mechanisms that control how the heart responds to adrenaline, the hormone that increases the strength of the heartbeat. Caveolae are small pits in the cell membrane that bring proteins together so they c...

Listen to the BHF's podcast, The Ticker Tapes. Guests talk about their experiences of heart and circulatory conditions and how their lives have changed.

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University of Oxford | Professor Keith Channon

This Oxford team is studying how pre-eclampsia develops and influences the long-term health of women and their children. High blood pressure during pregnancy – known as pre-eclampsia – affects 5-10% of pregnancies around the world. It inc...

Researchers have produced the most detailed and comprehensive Human Heart Cell Atlas to date including mapping of the specialised cells where the heartbeat originates.

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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 Cambridge | Dr Dimitrios Tsiantoulas

Our immune system plays a critical role in the health and disease of our heart and circulatory system, though researchers believe there is much more to this crucial relationship than we currently understand. For instance, we know little abo...

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Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Maria Paula Longhi

Dr Paula Longhi and her team at Queen Mary, University of London are studying why people who are obese are at higher risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure. White blood cells can become i...