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Can a BH4 supplement help prevent diabetic cardiomyopathy?University of Oxford | Dr Ricardo Carnicer Hijazo
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Ricardo Carnicer is studying ways to treat diabetic cardiomyopathy. The condition is specific to people with diabetes and affects the pumping ability of heart muscle, which can lead to heart...
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Why do heart muscles lose their ability to contract in cardiomyopathy?King's College London | Dr Qiuping Zhang
Heart muscle cells have a criss-cross network of protein molecules, called the cytoskeleton, that keep them in the correct shape. For the heart to beat, muscle cells need to change the shape of their cytoskeleton. Dr Zhang has previously sh...
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How a protein called prelamin A is involved in cardiomyopathy and ageingKing's College London | Professor Catherine Shanahan
Professor Catherine Shanahan and her team at King’s College London are studying a protein called prelamin A. This toxic protein can accumulate in heart muscle cells causing them to function less efficiently, and this can lead to heart failu...
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Identifying and predicting which forms of titin are involved in cardiomyopathyUniversity of Liverpool | Dr Olga Mayans
The heart is made up of many different cell types and proteins that work together to produce every heart beat. One important protein is called titin. There are over 8,000 different versions of the titin gene and some of them don’t work prop...
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New scanning methods can detect deadly heart condition before symptoms appear
Combining two types of heart scan could help doctors to detect the deadly heart condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) before symptoms and signs on conventional tests appear, according to research funded by us.