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Life sciences industry urge Prime Minister to protect charity research
Today we’ve welcomed a call from leading industry and tech giants, for the Government to provide urgent financial support to medical research charities.
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BHF Professor thanked for "inspired leadership" by European Society for Cardiology
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has thanked BHF Professor Barbara Casadei for her “inspired leadership in exceptional times” following her two-year term as President.
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Studying human kidneys to understand the genes behind high blood pressureUniversity of Manchester | Professor Maciej Tomaszewski
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major and very common risk factor for heart disease. Better ways to identify and treat those at high risk of developing hypertension are urgently needed. Studies of the human genome have uncovered ...
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Why does heart block occur at night, especially in athletes?University of Manchester | Dr Halina Dobrzynski
The rate and rhythm of the heartbeat changes between night and day. In particular, at night there can be long pauses between heartbeats, known as ‘heart block’. This occurs in a specialised part of the heart called the atrioventricular (AV)...
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Studying pulmonary hypertension in a leading international research centreUniversity of Sheffield | Dr Alfred Thompson
Dr Alfred Thompson has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright-BHF Scholar Award to spend one year working in Professor Marlene Rabinovitch’s world-leading pulmonary hypertension laboratory at Stanford University. Dr Thompson studies pulmonary...
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Using stem cells to med broken heartsImperial College London | Professor Sian Harding
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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A new model for aneurysm research that reduces the need for animalsUniversity of Bristol | Dr Jason L Johnson
Dr Jason Johnson is supervising a PhD student who will develop a new model to study aortic aneurysm, when the wall of the main blood vessel leaving the heart, the aorta, swells and bulges like a balloon. Dr Johnson wants to develop a resear...
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Can statins decrease the risk of atrial fibrillation after heart surgery?University of Oxford | Professor Barbara Casadei
BHF Professor Casadei, at the University of Oxford, is researching the causes of the abnormal heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation (AF), and has identified an important protective role for a gas called nitric oxide (NO). Professor Casadei has...