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The British Heart Foundation today announced that Dr Charmaine Griffiths will return to the charity as its new Chief Executive in February 2020. She is a former Executive Director of Strategy & Performance at the BHF.

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University of Bristol | Professor Ingeborg Hers

Dr Ingeborg Hers and her team at the University of Bristol are studying proteins found inside platelets - small cells in the bloodstream which are vital to stop bleeding. These proteins may be crucial to control blood clotting, and could be...

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University of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox

The heart’s ability to pump blood depends on co-ordinated electrical activity generated by molecules in heart cells called ‘ion channels’. One of these channels is called hERG, and is essential for normal heart function. However, many drugs...

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Newcastle University | Dr Gavin Richardson

Dr Gavin Richardson and his team at the University of Newcastle are working out how heart cells age and whether heart disease affects heart repair processes. Age is the biggest risk factor for heart disease. Older people are more likely ...

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Imperial 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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