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BHF awards £1m to accelerate heart research at UCL
We are boosting the profile of cardiovascular research at University College London in the hope of giving more people with heart and circulatory diseases longer and better lives.
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Bristol scientists to study how Porcupine could improve heart surgery
Scientists at the University of Bristol are to study how stopping Porcupine – a protein named after the spiky rodent - could improve heart surgery.
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Could exercise help to prevent sudden death in heart failure?University of Leeds | Dr Al Benson
Dr Al Benson and his team at the University of Leeds are studying whether exercise could help to reduce the damage to the heart that occurs during heart failure, where the heart cannot pump blood around the body effectively. When a person...
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The quest for perfect replacement heart valves
Thousands of people in the UK have heart valve replacement each year, and many benefit from the research and advances that we’ve made possible.
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How does carbon monoxide affect the normal heart beat?University of Leeds | Professor Chris Peers
Carbon monoxide inhalation is the most common form of death by poisoning and can cause dangerous disruption to heart rhythm. Professor Chris Peers and co-workers based at the University of Leeds are carrying out BHF-funded research into the...
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New research in Birmingham to study smallest vessels of the heart
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have been awarded £153,000 to study the damage to the smallest vessels of the heart following a heart attack.
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Studying heart and blood vessel development in zebrafishUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Tim Chico
Dr Timothy Chico and his team are studying the way that our heart and blood vessels develop. Understanding this better may reveal new ways to treat heart disease. In this project, Dr Chico is studying minute hair-like structures, called...
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Studying a protein’s role in causing congenital heart defectsUniversity College London | Professor Peter Scambler
Professor Scambler and his team study how the heart develops in the embryo by investigating the genes involved in normal development. They are particularly interested in what goes wrong in the developing heart to cause congenital heart dise...
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Can sildenafil help to protect young heart tissue from damage during surgery?University of Bristol | Professor Massimo Caputo
Professor Massimo Caputo is studying ways to stop the heart of children and babies becoming damaged in heart surgery. During open heart surgery, blood is first diverted away from the heart (cardiopulmonary bypass) before a special solutio...
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The electrical activity of the heartUniversity of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox
Our heart is divided into four chambers – two upper ‘atria’ and two lower ‘ventricles’. Between the atria and ventricles, there is a small region of the heart called the atrioventricular node (AVN). The AVN receives the electrical signal ne...