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How drugs for depression affect clottingUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Gavin Jarvis
Some medicines do more than one thing at a time. For example, aspirin is great if you have a headache and is also used to help prevent a heart attack in people at high risk. It does this by blocking the action of platelets. Platelets are sm...
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Reflections of research - 60 years in the making
To celebrate our 60th birthday, we asked BHF researchers past and present to send us images that told the story of our research and advances in healthcare over the past 60 years
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Understanding more about what controls the heartbeatUniversity of Leicester | Dr Richard D Rainbow
Dr Richard Rainbow and his colleagues at the University of Leicester are studying an ion channel called Kir6.1 that is important in controlling the heartbeat. The heartbeat is controlled by the flow of electrical currents in or out of hear...
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Understanding how medical devices become infectedUniversity of York | Professor Gavin Thomas
Professor Gavin Thomas and his team at the University of York are working out how bacteria form hard-to-treat infections on the surfaces of medical devices such as catheters, pacemaker leads and artificial heart valves. In these infectio...
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When, where and what changes occur in cells in the heart during heart failure?Imperial College London | Dr Michela Noseda
Heart failure affects millions of people around the world. During heart failure, the heart is unable to pump strongly enough to meet the day-to-day demands of the body. It can also lead to electrical faults in the heart. Now, researchers in...
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Exploring socioeconomic inequalities in coronary heart disease
A tool created by the BHF and the Strategy Unit illustrates the socioeconomic inequalities along the coronary heart disease (CHD) pathway for the first time.
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The Asian Business Board
The Asian Business Board are a group of business leaders who are raising vital funds in support of BHF’s lifesaving research.
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Can the antioxidant drug cysteamine treat atherosclerosis?University of Reading | Professor David S Leake
Dr David Leake and his colleagues at the University of Reading are finding out if an antioxidant drug called cysteamine could treat atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis develops when arteries become furred up with cholesterol, and it can ca...
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How does cAMP exert anti-inflammatory effects in blood vessels?University of Bristol | Dr Mark Bond
Bristol researchers are testing their theory of how blood vessel-damaging inflammation occurs in the body. Inflammation is an essential process for healthy healing after injury. However, long-term inflammation is involved in many heart a...
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