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Coping with anxiety and depression
Many people with heart conditions face mental health issues as a result. We hear how Margaret Brain beat hers and shows where you can find help.
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Meet the CureHeart team
Meet the scientists and clinicians from 3 different continents who have come together to find a cure for inherited heart muscle diseases.
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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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Transforming our understanding of lymphoedemaSt George's, University of London | Professor Peter S Mortimer
Lymphoedema is the swelling of any part of the body caused by a fault or obstruction in the lymphatic system, which is a network of tissues and organs that help rid the body of toxins, waste and other unwanted materials. It also transports ...
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Interactions with VEGF – a potential protein for mending broken heartsUniversity College London | Professor Ian C Zachary
Heart and circulatory disease is Britain’s biggest killer – in 2009 it was responsible for one in three deaths. Endothelial cells line our blood vessels ensuring that our circulatory system functions normally. It is often disruption of thes...
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Looking for ways to prevent scars forming in heart muscleUniversity of Oxford | Professor Houman Ashrafian
Professor Houman Ashrafian at the University of Oxford is studying myocardial fibrosis – this is when scars form in the heart muscle without an obvious injury. It occurs in many heart diseases, including the inherited heart muscle condition...
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Developing new ways to image the lungsUniversity of Sheffield | Professor James Wild
The BHF, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council (as part of its Clinical Research Capabilities and Technologies Initiative), has awarded a grant to a team led by lung imaging expert Professor James Wild at the University of Shef...
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Could miR-150 prevent or treat pulmonary arterial hypertension?Imperial College London | Dr Beata J Wojciak Stothard
Dr Beata Wojciak Stothard and her team at Imperial College London are studying pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe disease which begins when cells lining the inner surface of lung blood vessels, called endothelial cells, become ...
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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...