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Tackling reperfusion injury - a side effect of heart attack treatmentNewcastle University | Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos
In the UK the standard treatment for heart attacks is angioplasty - a procedure to quickly open the blocked coronary artery. This has played a part in vastly improving the survival of patients who experience a heart attack. However, the abr...
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How is a molecule called beta-catenin involved in atherosclerosis?Royal Veterinary College, University of London | Dr Christina Warboys
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Christina Warboys is studying atherosclerosis, when arteries become furred up with fatty plaques and narrow. If the plaque ruptures, a blood clot can form and lead to a heart attack or strok...
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Stayin' alive with hands only CPR
Read about Alan Linton's fight for survival on his local golf course.
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Working out why pulmonary arterial hypertension is more common in womenUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Margaret MacLean
Professor Margaret MacLean and her team at the University of Glasgow want to understand why women are more prone to get pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) than men. In PAH, cells lining the arteries in the lungs overgrow, causing narrowi...
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Why do some platelets become harmful, while others are helpful?University of Cambridge | Dr Matthew Harper
Platelets are small blood cells that are both helpful and harmful to us. Helpful, because they enable our blood to clot after injury, so prevent too much bleeding. Harmful, because they also form clots in diseased arteries, leading to heart...
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Understanding how pericytes drive new blood vessel growthUniversity of Bristol | Professor Paolo Madeddu
Pericytes are cells that surround blood vessels and play an important role in the growth of new blood vessels (known as angiogenesis). When there is a reduction in blood supply (ischemia), the growth of new blood vessels limits the damage c...
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Can a new test for heart attack save lives?University of Edinburgh | Professor Nicholas Mills
Every year thousands of people in the UK are diagnosed as having had a heart attack. It is not always easy to confirm a heart attack has occurred, because the nature and severity of symptoms varies. One of the tests doctors use analyses blo...
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Studying C5L2 – a potential new target for preventing fatty liver diseaseUniversity of Leicester | Dr Cordula Stover
People who are overweight or obese are more likely to develop a range of health problems, including a build-up of fat in the liver – called fatty liver disease – which can lead on to serious liver damage. Fatty liver disease can contribute ...
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How SUMO wrestles heart injury after a heart attackUniversity of Bristol | Professor Jeremy Henley
Dr Jeremy Henley and colleagues at the University of Bristol have been awarded a grant to investigate how a protein called SUMO can help protect the heart from injury. The SUMO protein is attached to a specific protein in mitochondria, whic...
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Do platelets cause inflammation in people with diabetes?University of Leeds | Professor Khalid Naseem
Diabetes is a complex disorder characterized by too much sugar (glucose) in the blood. People with diabetes are at high risk of developing heart and circulatory disease, partly because of inflammation which damages blood vessels. Unders...