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University College London | Dr Vivek Muthurangu

A technique called cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is widely used as the best method of scanning children people with heart disease. However, current CMR techniques require people to hold their breath, which children often find diff...

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Imperial College London | Dr Adrian Chester

Researchers are searching for a non-surgical way to treat stiffened heart valves. The one-way flow of blood around the heart is maintained by valves. These flaps of tissue are pushed open by blood flowing in the correct direction, and sn...

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Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Andrew Smith

In this Intermediate Basic Science Fellowship Dr Andrew Smith from University College London will study regions of our DNA to find out why coronary heart disease often runs in families. We know that there are regions of our DNA that are lin...

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University of Strathclyde | Professor Robin Plevin

CXCL12 is a molecule that causes inflammation and has been linked to the development of heart and circulatory diseases. Researchers are now interested in whether they can stop it working in blood vessel cells and whether this might help pre...

Scientists at the University of Oxford are to develop computer models of the human heart to better understand a deadly inherited heart condition.

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University of Bristol | Professor Paolo Madeddu

Professor Paolo Madeddu is working out ways to use stem cell-based tissue engineering to help babies born with congenital heart disease. In this project, he will develop a new a new prosthetic graft called a ‘pericyte-engineered’ graft ...

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University of Southampton | Professor Caroline Fall

Professor Caroline Fall is investigating why people from the Indian sub-continent are more prone to heart disease and diabetes than people from Europe. By studying young adults in New Delhi and Vellore in India, Professor Fall and her t...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Susan E Ozanne

Heart and circulatory disease is one of the UK’s biggest killers. Research to find new ways to prevent it at an early stage could make a huge difference to society. Keeping healthy during pregnancy is vital to provide a healthy environment ...

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Professor John Kelly

Chagas disease is caused by a small parasite species called Trypanosoma cruzi. This tiny parasite infects millions of people in Latin American regions and there are around 800,000 infected people in Europe. Chagas disease can become a chron...