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Ryanodine receptor clusters and heart diseaseUniversity of Glasgow | Dr Niall MacQuaide
The release of calcium inside heart muscle cells is important for a normal heart beat, and abnormal calcium release can lead to heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias). In this Intermediate Basic Science Fellowship, Dr Neil MacQuaide from t...
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Are fat cells important for repairing heart muscle after a heart attack?University of Oxford | Dr Mathilda Mommersteeg
During a heart attack, blood vessels supplying the heart muscle become blocked, starving the heart of oxygen. The affected heart muscle tissue dies, and the damaged tissue is replaced by scar tissue that doesn’t function like healthy heart ...
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Do KATP channels protect heart muscle cells from damage?University of Dundee | Professor Aleksandar J Jovanovic
Professor Aleksandar Jovanovic is looking for ways to prevent heart muscle cells from becoming damaged after a heart attack. Professor Jovanovic’s team has recently found that treating cells with the hormone testosterone increases levels ...
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Can 3D heart muscle models reveal new ways to treat heart conditions?University of Bristol | Dr Danielle Paul
For our hearts to beat and pump blood around the body, heart muscle needs to contract. Under the microscope, we can see that heart muscle is made up of two sets of filaments – thin and thick – which are made from several different proteins....
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UK's first baby heart transplant survivor's surprise tribute to the women who saved her life
Kaylee Davidson-Olley, 32, from Newcastle was the first baby in the UK to have a successful heart transplant. To celebrate World Heart Day on Sunday (29th September 2019), she paid tribute to the two women who saved her life over 30 years ago by having their names engraved forever on our glorious Heart of Steel.
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The inheritance of hope: curing genetic heart disease now within grasp
Max Jarmey, 27, took part in our latest Live & Ticking event alongside his cardiologist, BHF Professor Hugh Watkins.
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Can we prevent more damage to heart muscle after a heart attack?Newcastle University | Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos
Supervised by Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos, a PhD student is looking for ways to prevent further heart muscle damage after a heart attack. Doctors carry out a procedure called coronary angioplasty to open up blocked or narrowed arteries ...
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A new imaging method to detect heart muscle changes after a heart attackImperial College London | Professor David Firmin
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful, safe research and clinical tool, with more than 2.3 million scans performed each year in the NHS. The BHF has awarded a grant to Professor David Firmin to study a new MRI method called diffusi...
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Working out how to boost heart muscle repair after a heart attackKing's College London | Dr Alison C Brewer
Dr Alison Brewer is looking for ways to help the heart repair itself after it becomes damaged, for example after a heart attack. When the heart is damaged, heart muscle cannot produce enough new cells to replace the damaged ones. As a res...
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Studying thickening at the tip of the heart in athletes and non-athletesUniversity College London | Professor James Moon
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a form of heart muscle disease that can be caused by faults in certain genes. It causes the heart muscle wall to thicken abnormally and people with these changes are at risk of dying suddenly from danger...