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King's College London | Dr Anna Zampetaki

King’s College researchers are investigating the role and importance of a molecule seen to be raised in cells in diabetes. More than 4 million people in the UK have diabetes. It is a serious condition with many health consequences, includi...

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University of Hull | Dr Francisco Rivero

Supervised by Dr Francisco Rivero, the PhD student on this project is working out why platelets become sticky and form blood clots within blood vessels, and if there is a way to prevent this happening. Platelets are a type of blood cell ...

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University of Cambridge | Dr Marloes Tijssen

Coronary heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer. One of the main contributors is thrombosis – a serious condition that can develop when a blood vessel becomes damaged and small blood cells called platelets stick to the damaged area...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Anthony Davenport

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but devastating condition where the blood vessels in the lung narrow, causing strain on the right side of the heart. This can lead to heart failure and ultimately death – around 15 per cent of...

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King's College London | Dr Aleksandar Ivetic

Dr Aleksandar Ivetic and his colleagues at King’s College London are studying ways to prevent uncontrolled blood vessel leakiness, which can be life threatening. Humans are made up of 80% water, 10% of which is carried around our bodies b...

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University of Birmingham | Dr Michael Tomlinson

Dr Michael Tomlinson from the University of Birmingham is particularly interested in the role of calcium in controlling platelet activity. Although platelets are vital in plugging a site of vessel injury to prevent bleeding, they can also f...

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Imperial College London | Dr Josefin Ahnstrom

Dr Josefin Ahnstrom and colleagues at Imperial College London have been awarded a 3-year grant to investigate the components that prevent blood from clotting, including Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor (TFPI), protein S and factor V. They ai...