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Sheffield research to find new treatment to ‘switch off’ life-threatening genes
The British Heart Foundation have awarded £800,000 to researchers at the University of Sheffield to develop a new gene therapy that will treat heart and circulatory diseases.
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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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Looking for a new way to lower cholesterolUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Endre Kiss Toth
Dr Endre Kiss Toth and his team at the University of Sheffield are looking for new ways to lower cholesterol levels in the blood to prevent arteries becoming blocked with fatty plaques, or atherosclerosis. Scientists have found that a prot...
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Working out how the GSK3 enzyme prevents blood clottingUniversity of Bristol | Professor Ingeborg Hers
Dr Ingeborg Hers and colleagues at the University of Bristol are working out how an enzyme, called GSK3, prevents blood clotting. Platelets are small blood cells that play a crucial role in causing blood clots to form within arteries, a pro...
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Studying storage granules to understand bleeding disordersUniversity College London | Professor Daniel F Cutler
Endothelial cells that line the blood vessel contain cigar shaped storage granules called Weibel-Palade Bodies (WPBs), which release factors involved in blood clotting and inflammation. WPBs are malformed and do not function properly in Vo...
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Studying heart and blood vessel development in zebrafishUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Tim Chico
Dr Timothy Chico and his team are studying the way that our heart and blood vessels develop. Understanding this better may reveal new ways to treat heart disease. In this project, Dr Chico is studying minute hair-like structures, called...
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Ion channel trafficking and long-QT syndromeQueen Mary, University of London | Dr Stephen Harmer
In this Intermediate Basic Science Fellowship, Dr Harmer will investigate how an inherited heart condition, called long-QT syndrome, leads to heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias). Arrhythmias can cause sudden cardiac death and may also a...
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Working out ways to reverse atherosclerosisUniversity of Oxford | Dr Gillian Douglas
Dr Gillian Douglas at the University of Oxford is working out if atherosclerosis, the process where arteries becoming furred up with fatty material and harden to form a plaque, can be reversed. Plaque rupture can lead to a heart attack o...
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A new microscope to study the zebrafish heartUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Tim Chico
The BHF is helping researchers at the University of Sheffield provide world-leading facilities for heart research by contributing £243,000 towards a new state-of-the-art microscope. The University of Sheffield is known for its work on ze...
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Could drugs like Viagra help to treat people with heart failure?University of Manchester | Professor Andrew Trafford
Supervised by Professor Andrew Trafford, this Clinical Research Training Fellowship is investigating new ways to treat heart failure. Heart failure occurs when the heart muscle has become damaged, often after a heart attack or long term ...