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Heart Failure
We are working closely with the NHS to improve early detection, management and support of people with heart failure.
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Iron and the heartUniversity of Oxford | Professor Samira Lakhal Littleton
Previous research has shown that manipulating iron levels in the heart could help to treat heart disease. But to manipulate iron in the heart, we first need to understand how iron levels are regulated. Hepcidin is a hormone made in the live...
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Halting inflammation after a heart attack to prevent heart failureUniversity of Leeds | Dr Azhar Maqbool
After a heart attack, inflammation plays an important role in the healing and repair process that follows. However, long term inflammation can lead to changes in the way the heart is structured, a process called cardiac remodelling, which...
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How the heart cell’s internal skeleton helps normal heart developmentUniversity of Sheffield | Dr Emily Noel
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Emily Noel is working out the origins of congenital heart disease – when babies are born with a heart that has not formed correctly in the womb, usually due to a problem with one or more of ...
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£50m grand challenge launched to tackle link between cardiovascular disease and health inequalities
We are pleased to be supporting a new ‘inequalities challenge’ launched by the National Institute for Health and Caree Research (NIHR).
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How do heart cells protect themselves in low oxygen environments?University College London | Dr Ross Breckenridge
Dr Ross Breckenridge and his team at University College London are studying how heart muscle cells cope in low oxygen environments and avoid damage from heart disease. During pregnancy, the heart of the developing baby adapts so it can f...
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Preventing heart cell suicide to limit the damage of a heart attackUniversity College London | Professor Derek Yellon
London based researchers are testing a drug hoped to limit heart damage caused by a heart attack. Every day in the UK, more than 500 people have a heart attack. During a heart attack, some heart cells die. This can cause long-term life-thr...
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Targeting RNAs to prevent heart attacksUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker
When protein molecules are produced from genes contained within DNA, there is an intermediate molecule called RNA that, until recently, was thought to simply be there to produce the protein. Now, scientists know that there are hundreds of t...
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Understanding heart development to help mend broken heartsUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Stefan Hoppler
After damage from a heart attack, the heart is unable to repair itself. Instead the damaged area turns into scar tissue, irreparably affecting the heart’s function. Understanding how heart muscle is first built in the developing embryo coul...