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BHF partners with the Alan Turing Institute to tackle heart disease and stroke using artificial intelligence.

Many people with heart failure also lack iron. IRONMAN tested whether iron infusions can improve symptoms.

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University of Edinburgh | Dr Gillian A Gray

Developments in heart attack treatment and research mean that 7 in 10 people will now survive a heart attack. But this isn’t the end of the story for many people. After a heart attack, the heart is often damaged and can continue to change s...

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University College London | Professor Dr Aroon D Hingorani

A BHF-funded consortium bringing together top researchers from University College London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, and the University of Bristol is analysing blood samples for a huge range of ...

See the BHF-funded research projects our supporters voted as their favourite in 2024, and the runners up.

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University of Dundee | Professor Miles D Witham

Kidney disease causes a layer of calcium to settle in the wall of blood vessels, making them stiff, which increases blood pressure and the strain on the heart. People with kidney disease have a high risk of heart attack and stroke. Current ...

Scientists we part-fund have created a cellular and molecular map of the healthy human heart, to understand how the organ functions, and to shed light on what goes wrong in heart disease.

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Newcastle University | Dr Gavin Richardson

Dr Gavin Richardson and his team at the University of Newcastle are working out how heart cells age and whether heart disease affects heart repair processes. Age is the biggest risk factor for heart disease. Older people are more likely ...

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University of Leeds | Dr Stephen Wheatcroft

Dr Stephen Wheatcroft is finding out if a molecule called IGFBP1 could help improve limb circulation in people with diabetes and peripheral arterial disease. People with diabetes are more prone to develop peripheral arterial disease, wh...