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Researchers funded by us at Edinburgh University have found a new target for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This research could lead to treatments for this deadly condition with no cure.

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University of Oxford | Dr Ellie Tzima

Dr Ellie Tzima and colleagues at the University of Oxford are working out how plaques form in atherosclerosis - an inflammatory disease where fatty plaques gradually build up on the inner surface of blood vessels. Over time, these plaques c...

Accommodation and food service workers are more likely to smoke than workers in any other UK industry, according to new statistics released by the British Heart Foundation ahead of No Smoking Day on 11th March.

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University of Reading | Dr Sakthivel Vaiyapuri

Dr Sakthivel Vaiyapuri and his colleagues at the University of Reading are studying proteins called formyl peptide receptors (FPRs), which are found in small cells in the blood called platelets. Dr Vaiyapuri hopes to find out if targeting t...

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King's College London | Dr Jordi Alastruey-Arimon

Dr Jordi Alastruey-Arimon and his colleagues at King’s College London are developing new methods to measure aortic stiffness, which could predict heart and circulatory disease. The aorta, the thickest and longest artery in the body, mu...

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University of Nottingham | Dr Andrew Benest

Angiogenesis – the process of growing new blood vessels – is important throughout our lives. But it can also contribute to many diseases when it goes wrong, by being too active (cancer) or not active enough (vessel disease). The ability to ...

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University of Oxford | Professor Claudia Monaco

White blood cells involved in inflammation play a key role in the development of fatty plaques that form in our arteries (atherosclerosis). Some white blood cells, called macrophages and monocytes, are controlled by many checkpoints to reg...

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University of Sheffield | Professor Paul Evans

Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death worldwide. It causes fatty deposits called plaques to build-up beneath the inner lining of arteries (the endothelium). If a plaque bursts, it can cause a blood clot to form. This can block the b...

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Queen's University Belfast | Professor David Grieve

In diseases where blood flow to tissues becomes reduced (ischaemia), new blood vessels grow – this is called ‘angiogenesis’. Ischaemic diseases such as those affecting the heart and limbs affect millions of people each year and are major ca...