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Understanding the link between diabetes and cardiovascular diseaseUniversity of Bristol | Professor Simon Satchell
Dr Simon Satchell’s team at the University of Bristol is trying to understand the link between diabetes and onset of cardiovascular disease. Diabetes is a major risk factor for the development of heart and circulatory disease. This risk mig...
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£30m for scientists to rewrite DNA to cure killer heart diseases
An injectable cure for inherited heart muscle conditions that can kill young people in the prime of their lives could be available within a few years, after an international team of researchers were announced as the winners of our Big Beat Challenge.
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Adult congenital heart disease and pregnancy
If you’re living with a congenital heart disease, your pregnancy will be considered more of a risk. That’s why you must speak to a healthcare professional about starting a family. Find out what we advise for a safe pregnancy.
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Investigating the potential of injectable gene therapies to improve heart muscle function following a heart attackKing's College London | Professor Dr Mauro Giacca
A heart attack happens when a blockage in the coronary arteries restricts the blood supply to heart muscle, starving the muscle of oxygen and nutrients, which can leave the heart with irreversible damage. Over time this can lead to heart fa...
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How blood vessel smooth muscle cells become syntheticUniversity of Warwick | Dr Anne Straube
The walls of blood vessels are lined by cells that contract or relax to control blood flow. These cells are important for repairing the vessel wall after an injury. To do this, the cells become ‘synthetic’: they produce and reorganise prote...
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“Rejoice in the tiny things”: lessons from heart disease survivors
Find out what these people have learned from living with a heart condition and what tips they’d give to others
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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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Heart & Circulatory Disease Statistics 2019
2019 edition of our statistics compendium (formerly Coronary Heart Disease Statistics).
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Heart & Circulatory Disease Statistics 2020
2020 edition of our statistics compendium (formerly Coronary Heart Disease Statistics).
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Scientists grow contracting muscle cells from human blood
Researchers we fund have successfully grown smooth muscle cells in a dish from a small sample of blood and have shown that these behave in similar ways to those found in blood vessels.