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BHF-funded researchers are using stem cell ‘heart-in-a-dish’ technology - originally created to explore potential treatments for heart failure - to help understand how and why coronavirus (Covid-19) impacts the heart.

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Carol Shoulders

Professor Carol Shoulders and her team at Queen Mary, University of London are identifying changes in DNA that put people at higher risk of heart and circulatory disease, and if there are ways they can lower their risk. Phytosterols are ch...

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University of Edinburgh | Dr Sonja Vermeren (nee Krugmann)

The cells that line our blood vessels (called endothelial cells) form an important barrier that contains blood inside the vessels and controls the entry of substances from the blood into surrounding tissues. Inflammation of the blood vessel...

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University of Bristol | Professor Ingeborg Hers

Thrombosis is a serious condition that can develop when a blood vessel becomes damaged and small blood cells called platelets stick to the damaged area, forming a clot. If the clot breaks away from the vessel wall, it can block an artery le...

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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University of Oxford | Professor Robin P Choudhury

Professor Robin Choudhury and his colleagues at the University of Oxford are working out how to combine imaging techniques so they can be used to tell doctors what has happened to heart muscle after a heart attack, and what caused it. N...

An injectable cure for inherited heart muscle conditions that can kill young people in the prime of their lives could be available within a few years, after an international team of researchers were announced as the winners of our Big Beat Challenge.

The number of people living with atrial fibrillation – a dangerous heart rhythm condition and a major cause of stroke – has increased by 72 per cent in England over the last two decades, according to research we've funded.