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How stem cell research could help repair heart attack damage
Two professors at the cutting edge of stem cell research tell us how their work could affect people's lives in the future
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Searching for a safer anti-clotting drug by studying a protein called Factor XIIUniversity of Nottingham | Professor Jonas Emsley
People who have survived a heart attack or stroke tend to be at high risk of having another one. To try to prevent a repeat event, doctors prescribe certain medicines. These often include anticoagulant, also called anti-clotting, drugs suc...
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How does zinc deficiency cause bleeding?University of Hull | Dr Simon Calaminus
Hull researchers are uncovering the role of zinc in platelets and bleeding. Zinc plays an important role in the body. Zinc deficiency exists in many health problems, and is linked to excess bleeding. It is not yet known exactly how a lac...
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Protective proteins in heart failureUniversity of Manchester | Dr Xin Wang
Heart failure is a devastating condition which affects over half a million people in the UK, and there is currently no cure. Scientists are trying to find new ways to repair the damage to heart muscle using stem cells, or help the heart to ...
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Developing whole heart MRIImperial College London | Dr Peter Gatehouse
Coronary artery disease and some inherited heart muscle diseases cause patients to experience symptoms of breathlessness, fatigue and chest pain, because of a restricted blood supply to the heart muscle. A relatively new method for measurin...
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Building 3D models of ion channels for drug discoveryUniversity of Leeds | Dr Robin Bon
Ion channels are transporters that allow substances in and out of cells. Ion channels formed of TRPC1, TRPC4 and TRPC5 proteins are involved in several heart and circulatory diseases. It is very important to understand, in enough detail, th...
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Uromodulin – a good target for high blood pressure?University of Glasgow | Professor Sandosh Padmanabhan
In the UK, around a third of all adults have high blood pressure, putting them at higher risk of heart and circulatory disease, and people with kidney problems often develop high blood pressure and heart disease such as heart failure, strok...
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Can export control stop cells releasing von Willebrand factor?Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Thomas Nightingale
Dr Thomas Nightingale and his team at Queen Mary, University of London, are looking for ways to control levels of a protein called von Willebrand factor, or VWF, which is linked to heart and circulatory disease. When the body is injured,...
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Can a healthy diet reduce your dementia risk?
Research suggests there’s a diet that may help to prevent dementia. Our Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor explains.
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Promoting new blood vessel growth in people with limb ischaemiaKing's College London | Professor Bijan Modarai
In humans, ischaemia – lack of oxygen in the circulation – can cause peripheral arterial disease – which is common in elderly people, and can be very painful – and even cause gangrene and require limb amputation. Dr Bijan Modarai’s team fro...