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Working out how congenital heart defects developUniversity College London | Professor Peter Scambler
Professor Peter Scambler and his team at University College London study the underlying causes of different types of congenital heart disease – a condition where the heart doesn’t form properly as it develops in the womb. Professor Scam...
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How a faulty gene leads to pulmonary hypertensionUniversity of Bradford | Professor Timothy Palmer
The predicted outcome of many patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is poor because there are very few treatments available. People with PAH have abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries carrying blood to the lungs, caus...
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Investigating the heart cell's response to stretch in hypertrophic cardiomyopathyUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Katja Gehmlich
The heart responds to repeated exercise and other stresses by becoming bigger in a process known as cardiac hypertrophy. In the inherited disease hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), hypertrophy is abnormal and takes place in the absence of e...
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10 breakthroughs in stem cell research
Stem cells could help cure heart failure. We look at major developments and the role the BHF is playing.
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Can we predict which aneurysms pose the most risk?University of Leicester | Professor Matthew Bown
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a swelling of the main blood vessel of the body, the aorta. The aorta is usually about 2cm wide, but aneurysms can cause this to increase to over 5.5cm. AAAs are dangerous as they can burst and cause in...
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Understanding how NPP1 works to prevent artery calcificationUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Vicky MacRae
Heart and circulatory diseases are common complications of people with kidney disease. This is mainly due to a build-up of bone-like deposits in their arteries – causing them to stiffen and narrow. This is called calcification and can lead...
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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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Interferon-gamma’s role in development of atherosclerosisCardiff University | Professor Dipak Ramji
Dr Dipak Ramji and Dr Timothy Hughes at Cardiff University are investigating an important molecule in the circulatory system called interferon-gamma, whose action may promote dangerous inflammation of the arteries (a process called atherosc...
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Do tiny packages produced by platelets cause inflammation in atherosclerosis?University of Birmingham | Professor Ed Rainger
Platelets, cells that cause blood clotting, secrete tiny packages into the blood, filled with protein and other molecules. Professor Ed Rainger, at the University of Birmingham, will find out if these tiny packages can promote inflammation ...
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The Untold Heartbreak
Discover the devastating impact Covid-19 has had on cardiovascular care and what needs to be done to give all heart patients the support they need.