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University of Edinburgh | Professor Nicholas Mills

Firefighters are at an increased risk of having a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack. It is the commonest cause of death in these individuals, accounting for 45 per cent of deaths on duty. The reasons why remain unknown, but could be...

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Imperial College London | Dr Joseph Boyle

In this Senior Clinical Research Fellowship, Dr Boyle will test whether a special type of immune cell, called a macrophage, can help to repair inflamed blood vessels in atherosclerosis, the condition that causes coronary heart disease. He w...

Two cheap and common drugs could be re-purposed as the first specific treatment for people who experience a type of stroke linked to nearly half of all dementias, according to the results of a clinical trial we have funded presented at the American Heart Association International Stroke Conference.

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Imperial College London | Professor Neena Modi

Thousands of babies are born more than two months early each year in the UK, and thanks to modern medicine, over 90% will survive. Research suggests they may be more likely to develop metabolic syndrome, which is a combination of obesity, h...