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Searching for the causes of congenital heart diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Dr Duncan Sparrow
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common human birth defect, affecting around one in 100 babies. Heart defects can occur because of faulty genes inherited from the parents, or they can be caused by environmental factors in the womb...
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Probing the causes of sudden death in people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathyImperial College London | Professor Sanjay Prasad
Dr Sanjay Prasad and his team have been awarded a grant to understand the inherited condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This heart problem affects one in 500 people and is the most common cause of sudden death in young people. People ...
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How obesity damages blood vesselsUniversity of Manchester | Dr Adam Greenstein
Obesity is a growing problem in the UK. Children who are obese are at a much higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease if they remain obese. Scientists know that in obesity-related cardiovascular disease, the inner lining of the bloo...
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Unravelling the web like structure of blood clotsUniversity of Leeds | Professor Robert Ariens
Professor Robert Ariens and his colleagues at the University of Leeds are studying how fibrin contributes to dangerous blood clots. Fibrin is a thread-like protein that forms a 3D network of fibres, which holds the blood clot together. Fib...
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How drugs can cause life threatening heart rhythm disturbancesUniversity of Bristol | Dr Christopher Dempsey
For the heart to pump blood around the body efficiently, electrical signals must travel through the chambers of the heart in an organised and rhythmic way. These signals are co-ordinated by proteins in heart cells called ion channels. A div...
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The importance of scaffolding proteins for heart cell functionKing's College London | Professor Franca Fraternali
Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle. It can run in families and can affect more than one member of a family. The disease is caused by faulty genes carried in a person’s DNA. Dr Franca Fraternali and her colleagues at King’s ...
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