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Distinctive microRNA 'fingerprints' in diabetes and heart attack riskKing's College London | Professor Manuel Mayr
Professor Manuel Mayr at King’s College London has identified molecules in blood called microRNAs, which may help to identify individuals that are vulnerable to heart disease. The research is the first time that microRNAs have been tested i...
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Screen time rises as lockdown makes exercise difficult for many
Olympic legend Roger Black and the BHF urge people to get active as lockdown lifts by taking on My Step Challenge
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Finding out why a certain gene variant carried by 20% of us raises the risk of stroke.University of Cambridge | Professor Hugh Markus
A quarter of all strokes occur due to narrowing of the large vessel – the carotid artery – carrying blood to the brain. Factors such as obesity, smoking and high blood pressure increase a person’s risk of stroke and a particular form of one...
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How does a protein called SIRT1 prevent harmful blood clot formation?Manchester Metropolitan University | Dr Sarah Jones
Heart attacks and strokes occur when blood clots form and block the blood supply to the heart or brain. When blood vessels are damaged, small blood cells called platelets are activated and clump together to form a clot. In healthy blood ves...
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Investigating Zeb1 as a controller of blood vessel growth and stabilityUniversity of Nottingham | Dr Andrew Benest
Angiogenesis – the process of growing new blood vessels – is important throughout our lives. But it can also contribute to many diseases when it goes wrong, by being too active (cancer) or not active enough (vessel disease). The ability to ...
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Using a ‘pulmonary-artery-on-a-chip’ to test treatments for PAHImperial College London | Dr Beata J Wojciak Stothard
In pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), narrowing of small arteries in the lung severely restricts oxygen supply to the body. Dr Wojciak-Stothard and her team have identified that a molecule called Arf6 is activated in blood vessel cell...
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Research reveals certain personality traits linked to higher risk of heart attack and stroke
Research funded by the us has revealed that certain personality traits, such as anxiousness, mood swings and irritability, referred to in the research as neurotic traits, are associated with early signs of heart ageing.
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