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    Developing BMP9 as a new therapy for pulmonary hypertension

    University of Cambridge | Dr Wei Li

    Dr Wei Li and her team are looking for ways to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a serious condition where people have high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. Current therapies relieve the symptoms but do not cure the d...

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    Finding genes that tell left from right

    University of Leeds | Professor Colin Johnson

    Cilia are finger-like projections from cells that act as a cellular antenna to detect and respond to chemical or mechanical cues. Cilia are responsible for the development of the normal left-right asymmetry in the embryo, where different or...

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    Coronary Heart Disease Statistics 2010

    Booklet, 157, published on 18/10/2010

    Designed for health professionals, medical researchers and anyone else with an interest in coronary heart disease (CHD), this book details extensive statistics on coronary heart disease rates and risk factor levels, by age, gender, socio-economic group and ethnic origin, as well as regionally, nationally, internationally and over time.

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    Improving risk assessments for people with inherited heart conditions

    Imperial College London | Dr Fu Siong Ng

    Dr Fu Siong Ng is studying why some people with an inherited heart condition are at greater risk of dying suddenly than others. Despite advances in genetic research, it is a challenge for doctors to predict which people with inherited h...

  • RESEARCH

    Can we repair damaged endothelial cells?

    King's College London | Dr Lingfang Zeng

    Supervised by Dr Lingfang Zeng, a PhD student will work out how we can turn ‘master’ cells within blood vessel walls into lining cells, to repair damaged blood vessels. Endothelial cells lining the inner surface of blood vessels form a sin...

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    Stopping heart damage turning into heart failure.

    University of Edinburgh | Dr Gillian A Gray

    Developments in heart attack treatment and research mean that 7 in 10 people will now survive a heart attack. But this isn’t the end of the story for many people. After a heart attack, the heart is often damaged and can continue to change s...

  • RESEARCH

    Understanding coronary artery disease in older athletes

    St George's, University of London | Professor Sanjay Sharma

    Coronary artery disease is the build-up of fatty material, also called atherosclerosis, in the vessels that supply the heart with blood. Some athletes, usually considered at low-risk for heart disease, can still develop more coronary artery...

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    Can we prevent heart tissue damage after treatment for a heart attack?

    Newcastle University | Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos

    Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos and his team at the University of Newcastle are studying how heart tissue becomes damaged after stents are fitted. When a coronary artery that supplies the heart becomes blocked, doctors open the blocked ar...

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    Understanding heart scarring in atrial fibrillation

    Queen's University Belfast | Dr David Simpson

    Atrial fibrillation (AF) – abnormal beating of the heart – often occurs because scar tissue has formed in the heart. This process is called fibrosis. The aim of this project is to understand more about the cells that cause fibrosis, to deve...