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Identifying the specific genes responsible for antibody-associated vasculitisUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Kenneth Smith
Antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a devastating autoimmune disease, where a person’s own immune cells attack the body and cause damage. The resulting blood vessel inflammation can lead to a blood clot in the lungs, kidney failure, or ...
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Should patients restart antiplatelet drugs after a haemorrhagic stroke?University of Edinburgh | Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman
More than one third of the adults with a stroke due to bleeding into the brain – known as brain haemorrhage – are taking drugs to prevent clotting when they have a brain haemorrhage. These patients have previously suffered illnesses like an...
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Using powerful MRI technology to find out the causes of lacunar strokeUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Hugh Markus
Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a disease affecting the small blood vessels of the brain. It can lead to a lacunar stroke – a type of stroke which happens when one of the small blood vessels deep within the brain becomes blocked. ...
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Using machine learning to improve physical activity guidelinesUniversity of Oxford | Dr Aiden Doherty
Current evidence shows that too little physical activity increases the risk of heart disease. However, the evidence we have is largely based on asking people how much physical activity they do, which is not accurate. Modern studies tend to ...
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Understanding how the protein CD55 affects atherosclerosis developmentCardiff University | Dr Timothy Hughes
Coronary heart disease is caused by a process called atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis occurs when fatty plaques build up inside artery walls. If the plaque ruptures and causes a blood clot in arteries supplying the heart or brain, a heart a...
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Restoring blood supply to the limbs using a patient’s own stem cellsUniversity College London | Dr Richard Day
Dr Richard Day and his colleagues at University College London are testing a new approach to restore blood supply to the limbs of people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). In people with PAD, there is a build-up of fatty deposits in ...
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How VEGF makes blood vessels leakyUniversity College London | Professor Christiana Ruhrberg
Blood vessel disease contributes to heart attacks, strokes, blindness and lung disease, and the stimulation of new vessel growth is a promising treatment for these conditions. But an unwanted side effect of blood vessel growth is tissue swe...
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How does a protein called Slp4 control platelet stickiness?University of Bristol | Professor Alastair Poole
Professor Alastair Poole and his colleagues at the University of Bristol are studying how platelets work to reveal new ways to prevent blood clots forming inside blood vessels, reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Platelets f...