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University of Birmingham | Dr Katja Gehmlich

The heart responds to repeated exercise and other stresses by becoming bigger in a process known as cardiac hypertrophy. In the inherited disease hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), hypertrophy is abnormal and takes place in the absence of e...

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University of Leicester | Professor G Andre Ng

Professor G Andre Ng at the University of Leicester is studying how the nervous system is involved in triggering abnormal heart rhythms, called ventricular fibrillation, which can lead to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Heart disease can incr...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Martin Bennett

BHF Professor Martin Bennett and colleagues at the University of Cambridge are working out if a protein called SIRT6 could be a target for new drugs to treat atherosclerosis, a condition where fatty materials build-up inside arteries. A he...

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University of Leicester | Professor Nicholas Brindle

Professor Nicholas Brindle and his team at the University of Leicester are investigating an unusual new way to try and treat heart and circulatory disease. Angiopoietin 2, or Ang2, is a protein that is normally produced at very low leve...

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University of Birmingham | Dr Michael Tomlinson

Platelets are small cells that clump together to plug wounds and minimise blood loss, but when they clump together too much, it can block blood flow and cause heart attacks or strokes. This is called thrombosis. Scientists are studying plat...

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Andrew Tinker

Professor Andrew Tinker and his team at Queen Mary University of London are investigating proteins on the cell surface called ATP-sensitive potassium channels to find out their role in heart and circulatory disease. As well as letting p...

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.

More information about holidays and travel with a heart condition. Learn about whether it's safe for you to go on holiday, whether you can travel to very hot or cold climates or high altitudes, getting to your destination, whether you can travel by air, whether it's safe to walk through airport security, and if you're at risk of DVT.

We served up something unexpected at this year’s Wimbledon – and it wasn’t strawberries and cream. For one day only, we surprised tennis fans by delivering a preloved sofa straight to the iconic Wimbledon queue, offering those in line a chance to rest their legs while highlighting our wide range of affordable, quality second-hand furniture.

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