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    Investigating a protein that promotes blood vessel repair

    King'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,...

  • 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 flies

    University 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 studies

    University 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 MRI

    Imperial 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 diameter

    University 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 pressure

    University 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...

  • 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.