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Scientists we funded at the University of Reading are to investigate whether a targetted antioxidant drug could be used to prevent heart attacks.

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University of Manchester | Dr Delvac Oceandy

Adult heart cells have a limited ability to regenerate and are often replaced with scar tissue after damage such as a heart attack. This affects the heart’s ability to pump blood around the body and can eventually lead to heart failure. A...

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Manchester Metropolitan University | Dr Sarah Jones

Heart attacks and most strokes occur when blood clots block one or more critical arteries in the heart or brain. These conditions kill millions of people each year around the world. Cutting this death toll requires researchers to study in e...

The BHF is funding exciting research into growing new blood and lymphatic vessels in the heart. This research could help save or improve millions of lives. Read more.

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University 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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Heart failure patients living in the most deprived postcodes are at risk of dying six and a half months earlier than patients in the least deprived areas

A new risk calculator, developed by BHF-funded researchers, will help to identify people with type 2 diabetes who are at high risk of developing heart and circulatory disease and help them get preventative treatment to ward off future heart attacks and strokes.

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University of Oxford | Professor Robin P Choudhury

After a heart attack, immune cells called monocytes rush into the heart from the spleen and become ‘switched on’ along the way. Normally, the immune response caused by monocytes is a positive effect that helps fight infections. But when thi...