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How do alterations in the giant protein titin increase the risk of sudden death?King's College London | Professor Mathias Gautel
Inherited heart muscle diseases, or cardiomyopathies, are frequent causes of heart failure and sudden cardiac death in adults and children. One heart muscle disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), is often caused by faults in the geneti...
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Controlling blood pressure in new mothersUniversity of Oxford | Professor Paul Leeson
During pregnancy some women develop severe high blood pressure called pre-eclampsia and gestational hypertension. After pregnancy, the blood pressure often settles but the changes in their body can persist. These women are at higher risk of...
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Finding ways to prevent and treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)University of Cambridge | Professor Nicholas Morrell
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but severe disease caused by the narrowing and loss of blood vessels in the lung. People with PAH experience severe breathlessness, even when resting. Patients may need a lung or heart and lun...
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Blood sugar levels: what is normal?
What are normal blood sugar levels? 4 to 5.4 mmol/L when fasting and up to 7.8 mmol/L 2 hours after eating. Find out more from BHF Professor Mark Kearney.
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Heart block
A heart block is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia). Learn all about the causes, different types, treatments and symptoms for this heart condition.
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A world-leading centre for developmental and regenerative medicine researchUniversity of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley
The BHF is helping the University of Oxford bring together developmental biology and regenerative medicine in a single institute by contributing £5 million towards a new Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM). The new b...
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Understanding what controls new blood vessel growthUniversity of Manchester | Dr Shane Herbert
Dr Shane Herbert and his team at the University of Manchester are studying angiogenesis, or new blood vessel growth. Angiogenesis plays a major role in diseases such as coronary heart disease, arthritis and cancer. We need to understand how...
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Investigating the role of long non-coding RNA in the regeneration of blood vesselsUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker
Researchers are searching for ways to make the human body regenerate and repair itself after injury or disease. In coronary heart disease and diabetes, blood vessels can become damaged, causing injury to the tissues they nourish. Regenerati...
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How monocytes contribute to the development of atherosclerosisUniversity of East Anglia | Dr Samuel Fountain
Dr Samuel Fountain has been awarded a three-year grant to find out how immune cells called monocytes contribute to atherosclerosis – the build-up of fatty deposits (plaques) in blood vessel walls which causes coronary heart disease. During ...