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The BHF is funding exciting research into growing new blood and lymphatic vessels in the heart. This research could help save or improve millions of lives. Read more.

Discover the latest research we’re funding, from the best way to investigate chest pain, to new ways of preventing damage from heart attacks.

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Adrian Hobbs

Sepsis and septic shock are the main cause of death in patients in intensive care. Understanding exactly what is happening to the heart and circulatory system in sepsis (a widespread infection) may reveal new ways to treat this life-threate...

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University of Birmingham | Dr Neena Kalia

In heart failure, the heart cannot pump blood around the body as well as it used to and people become extremely tired and short of breath. Heart failure usually occurs after the heart muscle becomes damaged from a heart attack and, in sever...

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University of Bristol | Dr Anja G Teschemacher

Nearly one third of UK adults have high blood pressure (hypertension), which leaves people at up to three times the risk of heart disease and stroke. In many cases the cause of high blood pressure is not known, but it is clear that the cont...

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University of Leeds | Professor Khalid Naseem

Professor Khalid Naseem and colleagues at the University of Hull are studying how ‘bad’ cholesterol teams up with platelets to cause blood vessel damage that contributes to atherosclerosis, the condition underlying coronary heart disease. ...

Research we've funded has shown that a simple 60-minute iron treatment every one to two years could reduce the risk that people living with heart failure will be admitted to hospital.

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King's College London | Professor Metin Avkiran

Some patients suffering from heart failure are affected by a malfunctioning in the system which tells the heart how hard to pump. The heart can become over-sensitive to the signals which tell it to beat, meaning the heart pumps too hard, to...