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Searching for a way to spark heart repair after heart attackUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Sanjay Sinha
Many people who have a heart attack go on to develop heart failure, a condition where the heart cannot pump blood around the body efficiently, due to damage to the heart muscle. Unlike some fish or amphibians, humans are unable to regenerat...
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Finding a weakness in how bacteria grow on medical devices, to prevent infectionUniversity of York | Dr Michael Plevin
Advances in research and technology have led to the development of a wide range of medical devices used to treat heart disease. Devices like pacemakers, prosthetic heart valves and stents may be placed inside patients’ bodies for year...
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A new approach to prevent heart rhythm disorders at the cellular levelCardiff University | Professor Alan Williams
Our heart requires an electrical signal to beat correctly. If this signal breaks down, disturbances in the heart beat rhythm called arrhythmias occur. Some arrhythmias occur because the amount of calcium in the heart muscle cells is abnorma...
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New scan to predict heart failure risk after a heart attackImperial College London | Dr Pettahandige de Silva
The damage that occurs during a heart attack puts people at risk of heart failure in later life. It’s therefore essential to get an accurate picture of the damage to the heart muscle that has happened during the heart attack. Diffusion ten...
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Stroke Catalyst set to speed up search for prevention and treatments
Stroke research has been boosted by a half a million-pound investment in data-driven approaches to tackle the condition, which strikes one person every five minutes in the UK.
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Medicine patch could revolutionise stroke treatment
A medicine skin patch could greatly improve the chances of someone surviving a stroke, according to researchers that we fund.
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The Factor XIIa and VWF partnership: a potential drug target to prevent thrombosis?Imperial College London | Dr Thomas McKinnon
Dr Thomas McKinnon and his colleagues at Imperial College London are studying the processes underlying blood clotting to look for ways to prevent unwanted blood clotting, or thrombosis, without causing bleeding. Von Willebrand Factor (VW...
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New study underway to find best treatment for wake-up stroke patients
Researchers at the University of Leicester have been awarded £320,000 to study the best treatment for wake-up stroke patients. The clinical study will involve 200 patients from at least 10 UK hospitals.
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Stroke - causes, signs and symptoms
A stroke happens when the blood supply to part of your brain is cut off, causing your brain cells to become damaged or die. Find out more about stroke and heart and circulatory disease.
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5 tips for a happy retirement
Find out how to make the post-work stage of life as enjoyable and fulfilling as possible from psychologist Gregory Fitzgibbon.