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How dietary fats affect immune cells and the development of atherosclerosisImperial College London | Dr Kevin Woollard
Dr Kevin Woollard and team at Imperial College London are looking at how dietary fats influence immune cells in the body. It is thought that the body’s own defence system, the immune system, drives the development of atherosclerosis, also c...
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Today we launch our Annual Report and Accounts 2021
The report shows that despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, we were able to fund around £52m of new research grants in 2020/21 as well as fulfil our funding commitments to the world-leading researchers we have already made.
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The link between high blood pressure and a protein called apelinUniversity of Bristol | Dr Anne Marie O Carroll
Dr Anne-Marie O’Carroll is studying a protein called apelin to work out what role it plays in high blood pressure. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major health problem but we don’t fully understand what causes it. Recently the...
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$55m for global research team to transform diagnosis and treatment of ‘invisible’ heart condition
An international team of researchers has been announced to lead a major new global research programme aiming to accelerate improvements in women’s heart health.
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Do epigenetic clues hold the key to treating pulmonary hypertension?Imperial College London | Dr Stephen Wort
People with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have high blood pressure in their lungs. This causes a thickening of the lung’s blood vessel walls, which increases resistance to the blood flow but also puts a strain on the right side of t...
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Could SIRT6 hold the key to new drugs for atherosclerosis?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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Government action needed to avoid 12,000 extra heart attacks and strokes
There could be at least 12,000 extra heart attacks and strokes over the next five years without bold Government intervention.
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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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Structure-function mapping of the heart to understand abnormal heart rhythmsUniversity of Leicester | Professor G Andre Ng
Ventricular arrhythmias can lead to sudden cardiac death. There is currently no method of preventing sudden cardiac death, and there is a need to understand the underlying electrical and nervous disruption that causes the abnormal rhythm. T...
