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Studying the mechanisms behind a genetic link to coronary heart diseaseUniversity of Leicester | Professor Shu S Ye
Coronary heart disease is caused by a build-up of fatty material within the walls of the arteries which supply blood to the heart. Many lifestyle factors, such as smoking, can increase the risk of this happening. But coronary heart disease ...
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A nationwide study of diseases that occur in the years following a heart attackUniversity of Leeds | Dr Marlous Hall
A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle is blocked. In the UK more than 100,000 hospital admissions each year are due to heart attacks and they can be fatal. However, survival rates have improved dramaticall...
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Developing a new sensor to measure blood flow in blood vesselsUniversity of Nottingham | Dr Kenton Arkill
Dr Kenton Arkill and his team at the University of Nottingham are developing a new tool to help researchers measure the force of blood flowing through blood vessels to better understand how blood vessels work and what goes wrong in cardiova...
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Inhibiting Wnt signalling as a strategy to treat abdominal aortic aneurysmUniversity of Bristol | Professor Sarah Jane George
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a ballooning of the aorta, the body’s main blood vessel that passes from the heart through the trunk of the body. It’s an extremely dangerous condition; it can develop without symptoms and can burst, ca...
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Copying a natural repair system to develop new drugs for heart diseaseUniversity of Nottingham | Dr Jeanette Woolard
A molecule called adenosine is released from cells throughout the body to help protect them and repair them when damaged. Scientists hope to develop drugs that mimic how adenosine works to produce similar protective and healing effects. ...
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Investigating a new mechanism which regulates the hearts ability to pumpKing's College London | Professor Metin Avkiran
Some patients suffering from heart failure are affected by a malfunctioning in the system which tells the heart how hard to pump. The heart can become over-sensitive to the signals which tell it to beat, meaning the heart pumps too hard, to...
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How do defects in a protein called myosin VI lead to heart disease?University of Cambridge | Dr Folma Buss
Dr Folma Buss is studying proteins involved in a process called autophagy in heart cells, which can lead to heart disease if it goes awry. The word ‘autophagy’ is derived from the Greek words ‘auto’ meaning ‘self’, and ‘phagy’ meaning ‘...
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Uncovering clues about a subtype of immune cells that contributes to heart diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Professor Claudia Monaco
Obesity and type 2 diabetes are ‘metabolic’ diseases that increase the risk of atherosclerosis, a build-up of fatty material inside the arteries. When these fatty plaques break apart they can trigger a heart attack or stroke. A common f...
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Developing a new technology to ‘see’ the cells of our heartUniversity of Leeds | Professor Jurgen E Schneider
The heart is made up of cardiac muscle and connective tissue. The way the different types of cells in the heart are arranged and joined together is important. An electrical current must be able to pass smoothly between them, and stimulate a...
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First responder protein triggers heart attack-causing plaques
Changes to a protein that detects turbulent blood flow could prevent life-threatening plaques from forming, according to research the BHF part-funded.