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Scientists we fund have identified a stem cell from blood which is critical for growing blood vessels.

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Imperial College London | Professor James Crawley

Dr James Crawley and his colleagues at Imperial College London are studying a life-threatening disease called acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) where patients develop blood clots throughout their body. In healthy people...

Audiobooks and audio versions of webpages like blood pressure, exercise, heart attacks and heart failure BHF

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University 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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University College London | Professor Perry Elliott

Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy (AC) is a heart muscle disease that can cause sudden death in young people. The condition is often inherited, but the way in which it damages the heart muscle is poorly understood. One thing we do know about AC...

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King's College London | Dr Pablo Lamata

Dr Pablo Lamata and his team at King’s College London are searching for new ways to help doctors predict the risk of complications in the inherited heart condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). In HCM the heart muscle in the left v...

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University of Birmingham | Dr Richard Steeds

People who have a severely leaking mitral valve – the heart valve between the left atrium and left ventricle - may not experience any symptoms for a long time, despite the fact that the main pumping chamber of the heart, the left ventricle,...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Richard Farndale

Supervised by Professor Richard Farndale, the PhD student is investigating the behaviour of endothelial cells that line the inside of a blood vessel. These cells control how leaky a blood vessel is, preventing blood loss but allowing nutrie...