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Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Mathieu Benoit Voisin

During a heart attack or stroke, blood supply to a part of the heart or brain is cut off, causing tissue damage. Reperfusion injury is the additional tissue damage that occurs once the blood supply is restored. Reperfusion injury is also a ...

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University of Southampton | Professor Mark Hanson

Heart and circulatory disease causes a significant number of deaths, every year in the UK. New ways to encourage people to follow a healthy lifestyle in the long term could have huge benefits for health, and that of future generations. ...

Professor Ziad Mallat is among 50 world-leading UK researchers who have been elected to the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

The British Heart Foundation has welcomed the Government's announcement of its new UK Life Sciences Vision, which will accelerate the delivery of life-changing innovations to patients.

Find out how vitamins and supplements, including multivitamins and St John's wort, can interact with blood thinners, statins, and blood pressure medicines.

A simple digital photograph of the back of the eye can predict a major cardiovascular event set to happen in the next decade with 70 per cent accuracy, according to research part funded by us

A combination of heart cells derived from human stem cells could be the answer to developing a desperately-needed treatment for heart failure, according to new research we part-funded published in Nature Biotechnology.

Urgent action is needed to clear the backlog of people waiting for treatment for severe aortic stenosis as a result of the covid-19 pandemic, according to the researchers behind a study we have supported.

Meet Dr Syabira Yusoff, winner of The Great British Bake Off 2022 and BHF-funded scientist. Find out what a typical day in her life looks like.

We are urging everyone to learn or refresh their CPR skills for the annual Restart a Heart event.