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A world-leading centre for developmental and regenerative medicine researchUniversity of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley
The BHF is helping the University of Oxford bring together developmental biology and regenerative medicine in a single institute by contributing £5 million towards a new Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM). The new b...
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Studying C5L2 – a potential new target for preventing fatty liver diseaseUniversity of Leicester | Dr Cordula Stover
People who are overweight or obese are more likely to develop a range of health problems, including a build-up of fat in the liver – called fatty liver disease – which can lead on to serious liver damage. Fatty liver disease can contribute ...
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Research in Leicester to study impact of overnight dialysis on the heart
New research at the University of Leicester will determine if giving dialysis to kidney failure patients overnight, for an extended period of time, will reduce the damage to their heart.
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Looking for ways to protect the kidney in diabetesUniversity of Bristol | Dr Rebecca Foster
Dr Rebecca Foster and her team at the University of Bristol are working out how people with diabetes develop diabetic kidney disease, which is a condition that affects small blood vessels in the kidneys. The cells on the inside of blood ...
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Do neutrophil microparticles contribute to atherosclerosis?University of Sheffield | Dr Victoria Ridger
Atherosclerosis is a disease that causes the large blood vessels in our bodies to clog up because fatty plaques develop in the walls of arteries. Dr Victoria Ridger from the University of Sheffield is investigating whether tiny particles re...
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10 steps to stopping smoking
Stopping smoking isn't easy, but there are things you can do to improve your chances of success. Read our 10 top tips.
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Studying cells in the aorta, towards a treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysmUniversity of Leeds | Dr Marc Bailey
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a condition in which the main artery in the body balloons and eventually ruptures. There may be no warning that an aorta is about to rupture. A ruptured AAA is often fatal and the only treatment for a ball...
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Understanding how oxidation of a protein called PKGI-alpha regulates the heartbeatUniversity of Manchester | Dr Luigi Venetucci
Each heartbeat consists of two phases: systole and diastole. During systole, heart muscle cells – cardiomyocytes – in the lower chambers of the heart contract (shorten) to pump blood out of the heart. During diastole, these lower chamber ca...
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Finding the causes of heart attacks and how to treat them
Before the mid-1970s, there was no treatment for heart attacks apart from rest and pain relief. BHF-funded research helped change that.
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New research in Birmingham to study smallest vessels of the heart
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have been awarded £153,000 to study the damage to the smallest vessels of the heart following a heart attack.