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  • "World-leading" researcher Professor Susanne van Veluw announced as Group Leader at vascular dementia centre

    We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Professor Susanne van Veluw, a new Group Leader at the BHF-UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research (CVDR).

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    Revealing how our genes influence high blood pressure

    University of Manchester | Professor Maciej Tomaszewski

    DNA methylation is a chemical modification of DNA that switches off genes. It is an important contributor to heart and circulatory health and diseases. In this project, Professor Tomaszewski and his team will assess DNA methylation in the ...

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    Growing new blood vessels

    University of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker

    The BHF funds three pioneering Centres of Regenerative Medicine based at top UK universities. Each centre has a different scientific focus, but together they are moving us closer to our goal of unlocking ways to repair the damage caused by ...

  • RESEARCH

    Teaching the heart to repair itself

    University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley

    The BHF funds three pioneering Centres of Regenerative Medicine at top UK universities. Each centre has a different scientific focus, but together they are moving us closer to our goal of unlocking ways to repair the damage caused by a hear...

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    Nitric oxide signalling effects in healthy and diseased heart

    University of Oxford | Dr Pawel Swietach

    Heart failure reduces the pumping function of the heart, which can make even basic exercise almost impossible, disturb heart rhythm and shorten life expectancy. Researchers are trying to understand what controls the normal synchronised cont...

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    The role of nesprins in atherosclerosis

    King's College London | Dr Derek Warren

    Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) that line the blood vessel wall can change from supporting cells to cells that move around and can repair damaged blood vessels. VSMCs are constantly exposed to the mechanical stresses and strains arisin...

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    Helping to equip researchers with a more efficient tool to measure how living heart muscle cells contract

    Imperial College London | Professor Sian Harding

    Live heart muscle cells are an invaluable tool for studying how disease affects the heart’s ability to contract. However, the traditional way of studying these cells using video tracking technology is slow because only one cell can be studi...

  • Killing zombie cells improves heart attack recovery

    A drug that eliminates ‘zombie cells’ improves heart function after a heart attack according to new research funded by us, which could pave the way for a new heart attack treatment.

  • Heart attack treatment - REACT

    The REACT trial tested different ways of treating people experiencing a heart attack if 'clot-busters' don't work.

  • Changes to BHF printed booklets

    Find printed BHF booklets and resources to help support your patients through tests, diagnosis, conditions, treatment and healthy living.