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University 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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King's College London | Dr Joseph Burgoyne

Dr Joseph Burgoyne, based at King’s College London, has been awarded an Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellowship grant totalling nearly £320,000 over 4 years. His aim is to understand the actions of a naturally occurring molecule cal...

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University College London | Dr Ines Pineda Torra

This study will investigate the relationship between Liver X receptors (LXRs) and another key protein, called IRF8, which plays a critical role in the development of new immune cells during inflammation. LXRs are cholesterol ‘sensors’ in th...

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University of Glasgow | Professor Rhian Touyz

By investing in research the BHF are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, which could help us beat the heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases across the world. But sometimes it takes more than a on...

It has been a phenomenal year in the world of our research. From lifesaving dementia treatment to using fruit flies to better understand how the heart is formed, each discovery we fund helps take us a step closer to beating heartbreak forever. Here we take a look back at some of our research breakthroughs of 2023.