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Controlling blood vessel cell overgrowth using carbon monoxideUniversity of Leeds | Professor Chris Peers
Diseases of the blood vessels often involve vessel thickening which restricts blood flow and can be life-threatening. Vessels thicken because the muscle cells in their wall begin to increase in number (proliferate). These changes are seen i...
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Studying new-borns to understand the causes of high blood pressureSt George's, University of London | Dr Tarek Antonios
Adults with high blood pressure have a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease, or of having a heart attack or stroke. Understanding the causes of high blood pressure is vital to developing new treatments to prevent these life-threat...
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A new imaging method to detect heart muscle changes after a heart attackImperial College London | Professor David Firmin
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful, safe research and clinical tool, with more than 2.3 million scans performed each year in the NHS. The BHF has awarded a grant to Professor David Firmin to study a new MRI method called diffusi...
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Understanding the damage diabetes causes to the bone marrowUniversity of Bristol | Professor Paolo Madeddu
People with diabetes have a higher chance of developing heart failure, dementia, and suffering heart attacks and strokes, compared to people without diabetes. The exact reasons for this are unknown, but researchers know that circulatory pro...
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Iron and cell overgrowth in pulmonary arterial hypertensionImperial College London | Dr Gregory Quinlan
Dr Gregory Quinlan and his team at Imperial College London are looking at the role of iron in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a serious condition where people have high blood pressure in the arteries of their lungs. In PAH, lung ...
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New antibody can unlock secrets of cholesterol
A new antibody, created by researchers we’ve funded, could help doctors to identify the fatty plaques in arteries that cause most heart attacks and strokes earlier.
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Do platelets cause inflammation in people with diabetes?University of Leeds | Professor Khalid Naseem
Diabetes is a complex disorder characterized by too much sugar (glucose) in the blood. People with diabetes are at high risk of developing heart and circulatory disease, partly because of inflammation which damages blood vessels. Unders...
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New MRI scans to help guide tests for arrhythmiaImperial College London | Dr Jennifer Keegan
Doctors usually investigate and treat alterations in the heart’s rhythm – known as arrhythmias –using electrophysiology (EP). This involves passing flexible electrodes through a blood vessel and carefully placing them at specific positions ...
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How does the heart first start to beat?University of Oxford | Dr Richard Tyser
The heart is the first organ to form in an embryo, and must begin to pump early, but exactly how it first starts to beat is not understood. We know that the beating of the heart is caused by calcium, which moves in and out of cells and tri...
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Learning more about a potential new drug target in heart failureUniversity of Glasgow | Dr William Fuller
Every cell in the body uses small chemical messengers to communicate with their neighbours and the rest of the body. These chemical messengers work by interacting with proteins called receptors that are embedded in the surface of cells. In ...