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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...
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Edinburgh scientists study how Covid-19 affects the heart
Our funded Edinburgh researchers are supporting global efforts to combat Covid-19 and better understand how it affects the heart and circulatory system.
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Scientists to explore how stem cells could heal heart attack damage
Scientists at the University of Surrey are to investigate how stem cells could be used to repair the heart after it’s damaged by a heart attack.
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How does amyloid affect the heart and circulatory system ?Lancaster University | Professor David Middleton
Professor David Middleton and his colleagues at Lancaster University are studying how proteins called amyloid build up in the heart and circulatory system, having potentially devastating effects on health. In several diseases, proteins clu...
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Heart failure hospital admissions rise by a third in five years
The number of people being admitted to hospital due to heart failure has risen by a third in the last five years, according to a new analysis by the British Heart Foundation.
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Seven of the major headlines from the world’s biggest heart conference
The European Society of Cardiology Congress, the worlds biggest heart conference, is over for another year. The past few days have seen thousands of scientists gather in Amsterdam to share the worlds latest leading research into heart and circulatory diseases.
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Living alone with a heart condition
Do you live alone and have a heart condition? Find out how stay on top of your symptoms and medication, and what to do when you're feeling unwell.
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Belfast scientist awarded £250,000 for heart failure research
Researchers we fund at Queen’s University, Belfast have been awarded are to investigate if a protein they have identified could be used to diagnose and treat heart failure patients
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How cardiac hypertrophy leads to heart rhythm disturbancesUniversity of Surrey | Dr Rita Jabr
Dr Rita Jabr and Professor Christopher Fry from the University of Surrey will be investigating the potentially dangerous disturbances to heart rhythm that can occur as a result of cardiac hypertrophy. Cardiac hypertrophy is enlargement of t...
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Targeting the cell’s sodium pump to treat heart failure and high blood pressureKing's College London | Professor Michael Shattock
Heart failure is a condition in which your heart is not pumping blood around the body as well as it used to, and there is currently no cure. In contrast, high blood pressure is usually a manageable disease that can be treated with medicatio...