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Does healthy weight loss in mums-to-be have long-term health benefits for the child?King's College London | Professor Lucilla Poston
Obesity is increasing among mothers-to-be worldwide. Obesity in pregnancy can have negative short- and long-term effects on the heart health and blood pressure of the child, and increases their chance of being obese too. It is vital that we...
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Does a genetic mutation indicate when high blood pressure can be cured by surgery?Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Morris Brown
High blood pressure – or hypertension - is serious problem which affects a quarter of all adults. A common cause of hypertension is a condition called primary aldosteronism, where too much of the hormone aldosterone is produced. Excess ...
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How proteins interact to cause blood clottingImperial College London | Dr Thomas McKinnon
Von Willebrand Factor (VWF) is a large blood protein that helps blood clotting by interacting with platelets when the blood vessels are injured. Platelets are a type of cell found in blood that help to plug a wound and prevent blood loss. H...
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An app to reduce salt intake and hypertensionUniversity of Oxford | Professor Susan Jebb
Professor Susan A Jebb from the University of Oxford wants to help people reduce their salt intake and reduce their risk of high blood pressure. She and her team are doing this through a two-pronged approach. First, they will interview peop...
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Developing a new sensor to measure blood flow in blood vesselsUniversity of Nottingham | Dr Kenton Arkill
Dr Kenton Arkill and his team at the University of Nottingham are developing a new tool to help researchers measure the force of blood flowing through blood vessels to better understand how blood vessels work and what goes wrong in cardiova...
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Reducing the use of animals in research into blood clottingUniversity of Reading | Dr Alice Pollitt
Platelets are small cells in the blood that are important for our blood to clot properly. They play a central role, not only in stopping excess bleeding after injury, but in the formation of dangerous blood clots in arteries that can lead t...