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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 pressureUniversity 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 vesselsUniversity 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 ...
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Teaching the heart to repair itselfUniversity 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 heartUniversity 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 atherosclerosisKing'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 contractImperial 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...
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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.
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Heart attack treatment - REACT
The REACT trial tested different ways of treating people experiencing a heart attack if 'clot-busters' don't work.
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Changes to BHF printed booklets
Find printed BHF booklets and resources to help support your patients through tests, diagnosis, conditions, treatment and healthy living.