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Understanding how integrin proteins regulate cells that line the blood vesselsUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Richard Farndale
Supervised by Professor Richard Farndale, the PhD student is investigating the behaviour of endothelial cells that line the inside of a blood vessel. These cells control how leaky a blood vessel is, preventing blood loss but allowing nutrie...
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Do certain kinds of mechanical stress increase chances of atherosclerosis development?Imperial College London | Professor Peter Weinberg
In atherosclerosis, some parts of a single blood vessel appear to be more at risk of developing areas of fatty plaques – which can eventually rupture to cause a heart attack – than others. Professor Peter Weinberg and his team have been awa...
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Heart bypass surgery: What to expect
We answer questions on heart bypass surgery, including how long it should take to recover and whether you're likely to have a scar.
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Young football fans lost to sudden cardiac death remembered in murals unveiled across the UK
Twelve powerful murals have been unveiled by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to highlight the tragic reality that 12 young people under the age of 35 are lost every week to sudden cardiac death in the UK.
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Finding preventable causes of heart and circulatory diseasesUniversity of Cambridge | Professor John Danesh
Understanding the direct causes of heart and circulatory diseases would help to prevent more people dying from them. However, it can be difficult to distinguish whether something causes a particular disease, or happens to be more common in ...
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How fish oils keep our heart and blood vessels healthyUniversity of Reading | Dr Alister McNeish
We know that eating fish is good for our heart health. Omega-3 fish oils (DHA and EPA) relax blood vessels and reduce blood pressure, bringing down the risk of heart and circulatory disease. Some studies suggest that fish oils relax blood v...
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A new non-invasive method of measuring heart pumping functionImperial College London | Professor Alun Hughes
More than 750,000 people in the UK live with heart failure. Heart failure cannot be cured, but medication can help control symptoms. By finding a non-invasive way to assess heart function, people with heart failure will be identified more r...
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Scientists to improve heart attack treatment by blocking heart damaging molecules
Scientists in Cambridge are to investigate how the treatment of heart attacks could be improved by blocking heart damaging molecules called free radicals.
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A day in the life: Dr Syabira Yusoff
Meet Dr Syabira Yusoff, winner of The Great British Bake Off 2022 and BHF-funded scientist. Find out what a typical day in her life looks like.
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Can telling the body to clear inflammation prevent atherosclerosis?University of Aberdeen | Dr Dawn Thompson
The development of ‘fatty plaques’ in the blood vessels involves chronic inflammation. Some research efforts to treat plaques or prevent them growing are focusing on this inflammation. However, treatments that dampen down inflammation run ...