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Leaders from the NIHR-BHF Framework have approved seven new UK Covid-19 projects.

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University College London | Dr Vishwanie Budhram-Mahadeo

Dr Vishwanie Budhram Mahadeo from University College London is studying a protein called Brn-3b, to find out if this protein could hold the key to preventing stiffness of the heart’s major artery. The aorta is a large, elastic blood ves...

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University of Manchester | Dr Adam Greenstein

Obesity is a growing problem in the UK. Children who are obese are at a much higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease if they remain obese. Scientists know that in obesity-related cardiovascular disease, the inner lining of the bloo...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Nicholas Morrell

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) – high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs – is a rare but incurable condition that leads to heart failure. Several genetic mutations found in people with PAH patients are known to play an impor...

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University of Manchester | Dr Adam Greenstein

Dr Adam Greenstein and his colleagues at the University of Manchester are looking for new ways to treat high blood pressure through a new signalling pathway that they have discovered. The heart pumps blood around the body through blood ...

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Newcastle University | Professor Simi Ali

Supervised by Dr Simi Ali, the PhD student funded by this grant is investigating ways to help prevent rejection of donor hearts. Heart transplantation is often the only option for patients with end-stage heart failure. Better drugs mean t...

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University of Oxford | Dr Alastair Webb

Dr Alastair Webb and his colleagues at the University of Oxford are looking for ways to prevent people who have had strokes experiencing another one. To do so, they are trying to identify factors which could predict the likelihood of anothe...