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University of Bristol | Dr Emma Hart

The carotid body is a cluster of sensors near to the carotid artery in the throat. It is highly sensitive to reduced blood flow and reduced oxygen circulation, and triggers hyperventilation and increased blood pressure by activating an arm ...

We have awarded over £800,000 to fund five ambitious research projects at centres across the UK.

How does the cold affect your heart health? And what can you do to stay warm and healthy?

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University of Nottingham | Professor Peter Shaw

Supervised by Professor Peter Shaw, this PhD student is studying how the heart trains itself to cope with periods of low oxygen. Over time, reduced oxygen due to heart disease causes the heart to become damaged. The heart can work with ...

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University of Oxford | Professor Kathryn J Wood

Transplant rejection results from an immune response against the donor tissue, for example, a transplanted heart. Regulatory T cells, white blood cells that dampen down the immune response, are being investigated as a potential treatment to...

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University of Bristol | Dr Christopher Dempsey

For the heart to pump blood around the body efficiently, electrical signals must travel through the chambers of the heart in an organised and rhythmic way. These signals are co-ordinated by proteins in heart cells called ion channels. A div...

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King's College London | Professor Francesco Dazzi

When someone suffers a heart attack, some of their heart cells die and the body is unable to replace them. This can eventually lead to heart failure. Scientists have been testing whether injecting a type of stem cell - known as mesenchymal ...

Scientists at the University of Bristol are to study how stopping Porcupine – a protein named after the spiky rodent - could improve heart surgery.