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University of Bristol | Professor Deborah Anne Lawlor

BHF-funded research is behind many of the advances that are helping people with heart and circulatory diseases to live longer, better lives. By investing in research we are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, ...

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University of Oxford | Dr Paolo Tammaro

Calcium-activated chloride channels (CaCCs) are one of a family of important molecules called ion channels, which are present on the surface of all cells. They are involved in several physiological processes, including the expansion and con...

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University of Bristol | Professor Alastair Poole

Professor Alastair Poole and colleagues at the University of Bristol are going to investigate a new protein called PKN1, which looks promising as an important regulator of platelet stickiness. Platelets are small cells that flow around...

Hertbeats helps those with heart problems lead a fuller life by arranging exercise groups, walks and social activities and outings.

The BHF is dedicated to saving lives by developing better treatments and cures for heart conditions. We support essential research using stem cells because we believe they have the potential to cure conditions that are incurable today.

Celebrity couple donate treasured items to the British Heart Foundation and encourage the public to bid on the charity’s eBay auction, to raise funds for vital life saving research.

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Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Stephen Harmer

In this Intermediate Basic Science Fellowship, Dr Harmer will investigate how an inherited heart condition, called long-QT syndrome, leads to heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias). Arrhythmias can cause sudden cardiac death and may also a...

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University of Manchester | Dr Gwilym Morris

Dr Gwilym Morris from the University of Manchester is to do a 2-year study looking at a condition called sick sinus syndrome (SSS). SSS affects the function of the heart’s natural internal pacemaker called the sinoatrial node. This node nor...