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University of East Anglia | Professor Andrea E Munsterberg

Professor Andrea Munsterberg is working out which molecules and signals play a role in heart formation in the developing embryo. Early on, immature cells that will form the heart, called progenitor ‘master’ cells, are instructed by signa...

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University of Southampton | Professor Mark Hanson

Professor Mark Hanson and his team at the University of Southampton are studying how a mother’s diet and behaviour affects her child’s risk of heart and circulatory disease in the future. As part of the Southampton Women’s Survey, Profes...

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Nicholas Mills

Edinburgh researchers are striving to improve the detection and diagnosis of heart attack in men and women, and subsequent care afterwards. When the heart is damaged, a protein is released from heart cells. Tests to detect this protein, ...

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St George's, University of London | Dr Pia Ostergaard

Supervised by Dr Pia Ostergaard, this PhD student is studying how genetic faults can lead to primary lymphoedema, a lifelong, often disabling condition affecting the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system is a network of vessels that car...

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