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Working out why fat accumulates in the liverUniversity of Oxford | Professor Leanne Hodson
BHF Senior Basic Science Research Fellow Professor Leanne Hodson is studying how fat accumulates in the liver, which can increase the risk of heart disease. We don’t fully understand why fat accumulates, but we do know that within the l...
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How is the behaviour of cells lining blood vessels controlled?University of Cambridge | Dr Helle F Jorgensen
Supervised by Dr Helle Jorgensen, a PhD student is studying what influences vascular smooth muscle cell behaviour in disease. Vascular smooth muscle cells within the wall of blood vessels change their behaviour in disease in response to...
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Southall And Brent Revisited (SABRE) tri-ethnic study: how diabetes increases the risk of heart failure, dementia, heart attack and strokeUniversity College London | Professor Nish Chaturvedi
Patients with diabetes have a higher chance of later having heart failure, dementia, heart attacks, or strokes compared with people who don’t have diabetes. The exact reasons for this are unknown. With an ageing population, diabetes is beco...
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Investigating the potential of stem cells in the heartImperial College London | Professor Prakash P Punjabi
The BHF Clinical Research Training Fellowship is providing three years of funding totalling over £200,000 to consultant surgeon Mr Prakash Punjabi and a team at Imperial College. Together they will investigate the use of stem cells to treat...
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Quantum dot nanoparticles: a new drug delivery system to prevent blood clotsUniversity of Hull | Dr Graeme Stasiuk
The PhD student supervised by Dr Graeme Stasiuk is creating a state-of-the-art new drug delivery and imaging system using quantum dot nanoparticles. This system will allow doctors to deliver drugs to specific types of blood cell, called pla...
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Understanding the causes of inherited lymphoedemaSt George's, University of London | Dr Pia Ostergaard
As well as the circulatory system that transports blood around the body, we also have a second circulatory system called the lymphatic system. It is made up of a network of vessels carrying ‘lymph’ fluid containing protein, fats, water and ...
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Investigating why blood clots are more common in pregnant women who are overweight.University of Glasgow | Dr Catherine Bagot
Blood clots in veins, while rare, are one of the main causes of death in pregnant women. Overweight pregnant women are at a greater risk of blood clots than pregnant women of a healthy weight, but the reasons why are not understood. Hig...
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Teaming up with the NIHR to prioritise Covid-19 research
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the NIHR-BHF Cardiovascular Partnership provided a robust framework for the set-up and delivery of impactful Covid-19 research projects across the UK.
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Gel-like sieve in blood vessels new target for repairing damaged hearts
Drugs that repair damage to a gel-like layer in the tiny blood vessels of the heart could present a much-needed treatment for heart failure in people with diabetes, according to research we've funded and published today in Diabetologia.
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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.