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Funding the researchers of the future
Over the past 60 years, BHF support has enabled the training of generations of researchers and supported world-leading scientists to make discoveries that have helped save and improve people’s lives.
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Investigating fibroblast growth signals to stop hypertrophy in the heartUniversity of Manchester | Dr Delvac Oceandy
Heart failure is a life-threatening condition that develops when the heart becomes damaged because of a heart attack, high blood pressure or an inherited heart condition. In most cases, the heart fails because heart muscle cells overgrow - ...
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Using patient data to improve treatment and care for heart attack patientsUniversity of Leeds | Professor Christopher Gale
Dr Chris Gale and colleagues from the University of Leeds will spend two years creating the world’s largest research database of information about heart attacks. They will do this by linking together, for the first time, existing databases ...
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BHF joins landmark commission on health and prosperity
Our chief executive joins a major new commission which looks to better understand the connections between health and wealth.
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Studying the growth and movement of blood vessel smooth-muscle cellsUniversity of Leicester | Dr Jonathon Willets
Dr John Willets and Professor John Challiss from the University of Leicester have been awarded a 2-year grant to study the behaviour of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC’s), which form an important part of the structure and function of the...
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BHF Professor Rhian Touyz to take up leadership of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
We’ve today paid tribute to the “outstanding contribution” that BHF Professor Rhian Touyz has made to our research, following her decision to move to McGill University in Quebec.
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Newcastle research team hopes to reduce damage to the heart after heart attack
A team of researchers at Newcastle University have been awarded BHF funding to research new ways to reduce damage after heart attacks.
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The BHF House of Care programme
Learn about our £1.5 million programme to fund care and support planning via the House of Care framework at five NHS sites in England and Scotland.
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RESEARCH
Targeting molecule scissors to prevent the development of blood clotsUniversity 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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Does Ric8B control heartrate in response to the brain’s command?Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Andrew Tinker
The heart pumps blood round the body and the blood vessels supply oxygen to organs such as brain. This isn't a static system; it needs to be tuned in conditions where there is high demand for oxygen, such as during exercise, and at times wh...