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University of Leeds | Dr Lynn McKeown

The formation of blood clots after damage to blood vessels is essential to prevent excessive bleeding. The first step in this process is the formation of a ‘plug’ of small blood cells called platelets. This is helped along by the release of...

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University of Cambridge | Dr Wei Li

Sepsis is a serious condition, caused by infection, which can lead to septic shock. Septic shock is when our own immune system overreacts, and it often has a damaging effect on the lungs, leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS...

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University College London | Professor Raymond J MacAllister

Pulmonary hypertension is a rare but serious condition in which high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs results in narrowing of these blood vessels. Patients can have a poor quality of life and are at risk of developing heart failu...

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University of York | Dr Ian Hitchcock

Dr Ian Hitchcock and colleagues at the University of York are studying myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) - a type of blood cancer commonly caused by a fault in a gene called JAK2. The most common causes of illness and death in people with ...

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