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Investigating alternatives to standard anticoagulant drugsUniversity of Nottingham | Professor Jonas Emsley
Anticoagulants are given to people to prevent deep vein thrombosis (a blood clot in a vein) or pulmonary embolism (a blood clot on the lungs) in people having surgery, or to prevent stroke in people with an abnormal heart rhythm, called atr...
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Studying the role of zinc in blood clottingUniversity of St Andrews | Dr Alan Stewart
Supervised by Dr Alan Stewart, the PhD student on this project is studying how zinc is involved in blood clot formation and if zinc is important for why some heparin-based drugs do not work. There is a lot of evidence linking zinc to blo...
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Studying the zebrafish to find new ways to protect against plaques in vesselsUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Paul Evans
Atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty deposits in blood vessels, begins at the branches and bends of arteries. This plaque disturbs blood flow, causing a phenomenon called low ‘wall shear stress’ (WSS). In turn, this leads to abnormal grow...
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How important is the kidney in regulating blood pressure?University of Cambridge | Dr Kevin O'Shaughnessy
Gordon’s syndrome is a rare inherited form of high blood pressure caused by the body’s inability to regulate sodium and potassium levels in the kidney, leading to high concentrations in the circulation. High blood pressure raises the risk o...
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The role of microRNAs in pulmonary arterial hypertensionUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Paola Caruso
Dr Paola Caruso at the University of Cambridge will study changes in microRNAs in the endothelial cells of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PAH is characterized by high blood pressure in the lungs. Although the precise c...
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How the kidney and carotid body interact to cause high blood pressureUniversity of Exeter | Dr Maarten Koeners
Dr Maarten Koeners from the University of Bristol wants to better understand the causes and mechanisms of hypertension, or high blood pressure, so we can develop more effective treatments. High blood pressure is a risk factor for several...
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Investigating how the blood vessel lining copes with high blood pressureUniversity of Oxford | Professor Kim A Dora
The inner lining cells of the blood vessel, called endothelial cells, acts as a barrier that controls the movement of fluid (including water) and other molecules from the blood and across the vessel wall. To maintain blood pressure and flow...
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My journey from combat medic to civilian nurse
Our Senior Cardiac Nurse, Barbara Kobson, shares her inspirational story from the British Army to The British Heart Foundation.
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Are open fires and wood-burners bad for your health?
There are few who don’t enjoy warming up by a fire in winter or sitting around a fire pit outside in the summer. Yet few people know that open fires and wood burners release pollutants into the air known as PM2.5, which can seriously damage your heart and circulatory health.
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Tracking down the DNA regions that are important to blood clottingUniversity of Exeter | Dr Mattia Frontini
Heart attacks and most strokes occur when a blood clot forms in one or more of the arteries feeding the heart or brain, respectively. Thanks to the tireless efforts of researchers, we now have a better understanding of the processes in the ...