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Investigating the immune system’s response to a heart attackUniversity 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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Studying the role of PINK1 in platelets and blood clottingUniversity of Bristol | Professor Alastair Poole
Supervised by Professor Alastair Poole, a PhD student is studying what keeps platelets - small blood cells that stick together and form clots when you are injured – working normally. Understanding how platelets work will mean that we can f...
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Uncovering the role of IGF-1 in obesity and diabetesUniversity of Leeds | Professor Mark Kearney
Over one billion people worldwide suffer from obesity and/or obesity-related Type 2 diabetes. These disorders are a major cause of heart attacks, heart failure, lower limb amputation and dementia. Modern treatments for Type 2 diabetes only ...
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Leeds researchers awarded new grant to study the structure of deadly blood clots
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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Research identifies new ways to try and prevent lethal blood clots
Scientists we fund have made a breakthrough in understanding the process that leads to a blood clot forming in the lungs - a condition that kills more than two thousand people in the UK each year.
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Finding a new target to prevent the formation of dangerous blood clotsUniversity of Hull | Professor Khalid Naseem
Anti-platelet drugs are prescribed to many thousands of people in the UK with coronary heart disease, angina, heart failure or heart valve disease. They interfere with small blood cells called platelets, which help the blood to clot, reduci...
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London to Brighton Bike Ride 2021 cancelled
We have cancelled the London to Brighton Bike Ride (L2B) for 2021 due to the high-risk of having to call it off at the last-minute due to the coronavirus pandemic. We’re encouraging all would-be L2B cyclists to support us in 2021 by taking on our virtual cycling challenge, MyCycle, or the London to Brighton Off-Road Bike Ride.
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What causes low blood pressure and what are the symptoms?
Find out what leads to low blood pressure and how it’s measured and treated.
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Studying how blood vessels in the womb adapt in pregnancy to supply the growing babySt George's, University of London | Professor Guy Whitley
The placenta acts as a baby’s lungs and stomach while in the womb, supplying food and oxygen from the mother’s blood. Early in pregnancy the blood vessels to the womb change in structure and increase in size to supply enough blood to the gr...
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Deciphering the shape and structure of ADAMTS13 - for highly specific clotting controlImperial College London | Professor James Crawley
When we cut ourselves, our blood must clot to stem the bleeding. However, if clotting takes place in a coronary artery it can cause a heart attack. These opposing life-saving and life-threatening consequences mean that strategies that targe...