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Working out how the inflammasome forms in atherosclerosisUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Xuan Li
Atherosclerosis, the thickening of blood vessels with fatty deposits, is increasingly being linked with higher levels of inflammation (immune response). When something triggers an immune response, such as an infection or physical injury, a ...
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Targeting ZONAB to better understand inflammation and blood vessel formationUniversity College London | Professor Dr Maria Balda
The insides of blood vessels are made up of a thin sheet of cells, called endothelial cells, which form a barrier between the passing blood and the vessel wall. Endothelial cells have many functions, from responding to stimuli within the bl...
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Working out how to prevent abnormal blood vessel growthUniversity College London | Professor John Greenwood
Professor John Greenwood and his team at University College London are studying how to prevent uncontrolled growth of abnormal blood vessels, which is a feature of several conditions, including cancer, atherosclerosis, arthritis and eye di...
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Working out how the ERG protein keeps blood vessels healthyImperial College London | Professor Anna Randi
ERG is a protein that controls how several genes are expressed within the endothelial cells that line the inside of blood vessels, enabling them to survive and function properly. Professor Anna Randi at Imperial College London is studying E...
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Unravelling the genes behind heart and large blood vessel developmentNewcastle University | Dr Simon Bamforth
Dr Simon Bamforth and colleagues at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne are studying what genes are important during the development of the major blood vessels in the chest, which carry blood to and from the heart, and around the body. Ma...
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Testing a simple way to get more teenagers activeSwansea University | Professor Sinead Brophy
Professor Sinead Brophy and her colleagues at the University of Swansea, in partnership with a local council, are finding out if a simple activity voucher system could help teenagers get active and improve their heart health. Regular exe...
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Developing better scans to guide cardiac catheterisationKing's College London | Dr Sebastien Roujol
Cardiac catheterisation is used to aid diagnosis and treatment in people with congenital heart disease (CHD). It involves inserting a catheter and a guidewire into the circulatory system through the groin or arm and is guided by an X-ray ma...
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Improving the long-term safety of a common heart procedure in young people.Newcastle University | Professor Mark Pearce
Cardiac catheterisation is a procedure where a dye or device is delivered down a flexible tube into the heart’s blood supply while being visualised by X-rays. It’s used in the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of lots of different heart ...
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Providing important evidence for guidelines on limiting sugars in the dietUniversity of Bath | Dr Javier Gonzalez
Government health guidelines recommend limiting the amount of sugar in our diets, but do not include sugars we consume from milk, because we know very little about how they affect blood fat levels. Dr Gonzalez has previously shown that ...
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Designing drugs without heart side-effectsUniversity of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox
The heart’s ability to pump blood depends on co-ordinated electrical activity generated by molecules in heart cells called ‘ion channels’. One of these channels is called hERG, and is essential for normal heart function. However, many drugs...