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Imperial College London | Dr Emmanuel Dupont

Dr Emmanuel Dupont and his team at Imperial College London are testing a new computer simulation, which would allow researchers to study abnormal heart rhythms. To beat regularly, the heart contracts in response to complex electrical ci...

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University of Bristol | Professor Alastair Poole

Professor Alastair Poole and colleagues at the University of Bristol are going to investigate a new protein called PKN1, which looks promising as an important regulator of platelet stickiness. Platelets are small cells that flow around...

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University of Edinburgh | Dr Matthew Reed

Around 300,000 people in the UK attend hospital emergency departments each year with palpitations, which are irregular heartbeats, and presyncope, a sudden feeling that you are about to lose consciousness. In some patients, these symptoms c...

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King'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...

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Sussan Nourshargh

Inflammation is an essential part of the body’s defence system against viruses and bacteria. It is also an underlying cause of many heart and circulatory conditions like atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is the build-up of fatty substances i...

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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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King's College London | Dr Steven Niederer

Dr Steven Niederer and his team at King’s College London are working out why some people develop heart rhythm problems, or arrhythmias, after they receive cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT). CRT is used to treat heart failure, but it a...