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Zinc could be key to new diabetes treatments
Researchers funded by us say a greater understanding of how zinc is handled in our body could lead to improved treatments for people with diabetes.
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Using the power of big data to tackle heart and circulatory disease
We’ve been supporting big data studies, which are vital in understanding what causes diseases and how to prevent and treat them.
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'Heart-in-a-dish' to study the effects of coronavirus
BHF-funded researchers are using stem cell ‘heart-in-a-dish’ technology - originally created to explore potential treatments for heart failure - to help understand how and why coronavirus (Covid-19) impacts the heart.
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Is the epicardium a good target for new drugs to encourage heart repair?University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley
Heart muscle cannot repair itself after injury, e.g. after a heart attack, so scientists are working to repair it using new heart muscle cells. BHF Professor Paul Riley and colleagues (University of Oxford and University College London) hav...
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Do diseased hearts ‘deform’ in a different way to normal hearts?University of Oxford | Professor Vicente Grau
So the heart can pump blood and oxygen around the body effectively, its four chambers need to ‘deform’ and change shape. But when the heart muscle is damaged, such as after a heart attack, this process does not work and the heart does not p...
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New study to improve diagnosis of the cause of heart failure
Researchers at the University of Leicester have been awarded a project grant from the nation’s biggest heart charity to compare the accuracy of two different diagnostic tests that are normally used to help detect causes of heart failure.
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Heart attack risk decreased in new mothers by self-monitoring blood pressure at home
Research we've funded has found that self-monitoring blood pressure after giving birth could help to cut new mothers’ risk of future heart disease and strokes.
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Harnessing iron uptake to treat a form of congenital heart diseaseImperial College London | Dr Gregory Quinlan
Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is a rare complication of a congenital heart defect, which causes increased blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs, known as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Recent research has suggested that problems w...
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Moving a new drug for sepsis from the lab to the clinicMedical Research Council | Professor James Leiper
Dr James Leiper is developing a new drug to help treat people with sepsis. Many people are treated in intensive care each year with sepsis, when the body has an overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection, including widesprea...
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Preventing pre-eclampsia
Pre-eclampsia affects up to one in 25 pregnancies in the UK and can be serious. We’ve been funding research to understand its causes in order to better prevent it.