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Investigating a protein that promotes blood vessel repairKing's College London | Dr Lingfang Zeng
Dr Lingfang Zeng and his team at King’s College London study the cells that make up the inner lining of blood vessels (the endothelium).These cells, called endothelial cells, do not work correctly in several heart and circulatory diseases, ...
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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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Socialising could reverse frailty in older people
Socialising could reverse frailty in older people
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Developing a heart research tool using fruit fliesUniversity of Sussex | Dr Jeremy Niven
Supervised by Dr Jeremy Niven, a PhD student is studying heart cells from fruit flies to explore its use as a model for heart and circulatory disease research. Despite their obvious stark differences, fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaste...
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Understanding heart injury after a heart attack through advanced imaging studiesUniversity of Leeds | Dr Erica Dall Armellina
The BHF has awarded an Intermediate Clinical Research Fellowship to Dr Erica Dall Armellina from the University of Oxford to launch an imaging programme which will use innovative techniques to look at injury to heart muscle in patients who ...
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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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How a protein called Epac controls blood vessel diameterUniversity of Liverpool | Professor Caroline Dart
Dr Caroline Dart and colleagues at the University of Liverpool are studying how a protein called Epac controls blood vessel diameter. Blood vessels constantly change their diameter to match blood flow to the oxygen needs of tissues. These a...
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Revealing how our genes influence high blood pressureUniversity of Manchester | Professor Maciej Tomaszewski
DNA methylation is a chemical modification of DNA that switches off genes. It is an important contributor to heart and circulatory health and diseases. In this project, Professor Tomaszewski and his team will assess DNA methylation in the ...
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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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Accepting your changing body after a heart event
Having a heart condition can affect how you feel about your body. Two people share their experience of adjusting to changes in their appearance.