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Could blocking a protein called EPAC1 prevent heart and circulatory disease?Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh | Professor Stephen Yarwood
Dr Stephen Yarwood from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh is working out if blocking an enzyme called EPAC1 could treat heart and circulatory diseases associated with metabolic syndrome – a combination of diabetes, high blood pressure and...
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Extreme heart care disruption linked to 30,000 excess deaths involving heart disease
Severe ambulance delays, inaccessible care and ever-growing waiting lists are contributing to heart patients dying needlessly, our new analysis has warned.
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Using gene-editing to understand two mutations that cause congenital heart diseaseUniversity of Sheffield | Dr Emily Noel
People with Adams-Oliver syndrome (AOS) are often born with congenital heart defects, which are abnormalities in the heart structure. Recent studies found that two mutations - or faults - in molecules called Dock6 and EOGT can cause AOS, bu...
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Research to explore how non-coding DNA influences risk of heart disease
New BHF funded research in London will explore how 'junk DNA' influences heart health.
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People with hidden heart conditions to be detected thanks to Miles Frost Fund
Thousands more patients at risk of deadly inherited heart conditions are to be screened each year following the roll out of a £1.5m genetic testing service by the family of the late Sir David Frost and the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
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My job as a lawyer was stressful and it contributed to my heart disease
Rachel Boothroyd was working as a successful lawyer in the city when she felt something was wrong with her body. "I thought heart disease was a risk I could manage – I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, and I watch what I eat. I thought I could stay on top of it, but heart disease came into my life as it does for so many people. It’s one of the biggest killers in the UK."
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Copying a natural repair system to develop new drugs for heart diseaseUniversity of Nottingham | Dr Jeanette Woolard
A molecule called adenosine is released from cells throughout the body to help protect them and repair them when damaged. Scientists hope to develop drugs that mimic how adenosine works to produce similar protective and healing effects. ...
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Funding a vital scanner that will help researchers discover new heart disease treatmentsUniversity of Bristol | Professor Paolo Madeddu
Bristol researchers will use the Vevo 3100 to continue their ground-breaking work. The Translational Biomedical Research Centre (TBRC) at Bristol is a state-of-the-art facility. It helps researchers to take their studies from preclinical...
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Faster translation of lab discoveries into new treatments for people with heart diseaseUniversity of Bristol | Professor Raimondo Ascione
The BHF is helping researchers in Bristol move lab discoveries into the clinic to benefit heart patients more quickly by contributing nearly £1 million towards a unique Translational Biomedical Centre. The Centre, costing almost £5 million,...
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Investigating if MRI scanning can pick up prenatal brain defects in congenital heart diseaseUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Paul Griffiths
Structural problems in the developing heart (congenital heart disease) are amongst the most common birth defects in the UK. Many children with heart defects also have problems with the development of their brain, potentially causing difficu...