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What are the roles of proteins HD3 alpha and TGF beta in heart fibrosis?King's College London | Dr Lingfang Zeng
Fibrosis is the development of scar tissue, which prevents the heart from working normally and can lead to heart failure. BHF Senior Lecturer Dr Lingfang Zeng and BHF Professor Ajay Shah from King’s College London are interested in the dise...
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A new approach to prevent heart rhythm disorders at the cellular levelCardiff University | Professor Alan Williams
Our heart requires an electrical signal to beat correctly. If this signal breaks down, disturbances in the heart beat rhythm called arrhythmias occur. Some arrhythmias occur because the amount of calcium in the heart muscle cells is abnorma...
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Looking for new ways to treat high blood pressureUniversity of Oxford | Professor David Paterson
High blood pressure is a risk factor for heart disease, but many people with high blood pressure are not receiving treatment for it. Understanding how high blood pressure develops may reveal new ways to treat it and reduce people’s risk of ...
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Developing a new sensor to measure blood flow in blood vesselsUniversity of Nottingham | Dr Kenton Arkill
Dr Kenton Arkill and his team at the University of Nottingham are developing a new tool to help researchers measure the force of blood flowing through blood vessels to better understand how blood vessels work and what goes wrong in cardiova...
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Using nanomaterials to lower cholesterolUniversity of Surrey | Dr Daniel Whelligan
Atherosclerosis, where blood vessels become ‘furred up’ and narrowed, is a major cause of death and disability in the UK. Statins are used to lower cholesterol for those with, atherosclerosis but they are not always well tolerated. There ar...
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Developing cell therapy to prevent heart transplant rejectionKing's College London | Professor Ajay Shah
When someone’s heart is failing, a transplant is sometimes the only treatment option. However, the new heart can be rejected by the body’s immune response, even when medicines are taken to try and prevent this. Professor Shah and his team...
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Halting inflammation after a heart attack to prevent heart failureUniversity of Leeds | Dr Azhar Maqbool
After a heart attack, inflammation plays an important role in the healing and repair process that follows. However, long term inflammation can lead to changes in the way the heart is structured, a process called cardiac remodelling, which...
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How do blood vessel cells sense and respond to blood flow?Manchester Metropolitan University | Dr Stephen White
The build-up of fatty deposits in arteries is much more likely to occur in the bends and branches of arteries, where blood flow is disrupted. Changes in flow can cause the cells that line the blood vessel wall (endothelial cells) to detach....
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Learning tricks from ticks to treat autoimmune myocarditisUniversity of Oxford | Professor Shoumo Bhattacharya
Occasionally, a virus or bacterial infection can lead to severe and potentially fatal inflammation of the heart muscle known as autoimmune myocarditis. There is currently no specific treatment for this condition. However, Professor Shoumo B...
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Cracking the code heart cells use to encourage growth of blood vesselsUniversity of Bristol | Dr Rebecca Richardson
One of the ways the heart repairs itself after a heart attack is by making new blood vessels to restore blood flow to the injured cells as they recover. Damaged cells can send tiny packages, called extracellular vesicles, which contain code...