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Now the UK has left the EU, what's changed for research?
Now that the UK has left the EU, the BHF explores what Brexit means for research.
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Understanding how blood vessels become leakyUniversity College London | Professor Patric Turowski
Blood vessel leakage into the surrounding tissue is common in many inflammatory diseases, and can occur in people with diabetes or after a stroke. A PhD student working with Dr Patric Turowski will learn more about the link between blood ve...
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Unravelling the web like structure of blood clotsUniversity of Leeds | Professor Robert Ariens
Professor Robert Ariens and his colleagues at the University of Leeds are studying how fibrin contributes to dangerous blood clots. Fibrin is a thread-like protein that forms a 3D network of fibres, which holds the blood clot together. Fib...
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A new way of assessing heart health in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertensionUniversity College London | Dr Vivek Muthurangu
Pulmonary hypertension is a life-threatening condition in which high blood pressure develops in the blood vessels in the lungs. It is not common, but is extremely serious for those who have it - mostly women – because it can cause the heart...
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Untangling the network of signals that controls angiogenesisUniversity of East Anglia | Dr Stephen Robinson
The growth of new blood vessels is called angiogenesis. It is an essential process for establishing a blood supply in any tissue that has been damaged by disease. Researchers are striving to find a way to help our hearts repair themselves a...
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Harnessing the immune system to help hearts repair and avoid transplant rejectionQueen Mary, University of London | Dr Suchita Nadkarni
Dr Suchita Nadkarni from Queen Mary University of London is studying how interactions between the body’s immune system and blood vessels can influence the outcome of certain heart and circulatory diseases and procedures, such as heart attac...
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Investigating a potential new target to treat aortic valve stenosisUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Graeme Nixon
To ensure the maximum volume of blood is pumped around the body, blood must flow in one direction. This one-way flow is controlled by heart valves, which have to be strong and flexible to do their job. As we age, the valve that stops the ba...
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Switching on the brain’s defence mechanisms in strokeKing's College London | Professor Giovanni Mann
Many types of antioxidants have been explored in the lab as potential stroke medicines, only to then fail when tested in clinical trials. Research has therefore shifted to focus on the cell’s own antioxidant defence mechanisms. Professor M...
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Is the nervous system involved in abnormal heart rhythms in acquired long QT syndrome?University of Birmingham | Dr James Winter
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr James Winter is studying long QT syndrome, a disorder of the heart’s electrical system, characterised by a typical pattern on an electrocardiogram. Long QT syndrome can be inherited beca...
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How potassium channels keep blood vessels openSt George's, University of London | Professor Iain Greenwood
Professor Iain Greenwood and his colleagues at St George’s, University of London, are working out how blood vessel diameter is controlled to maintain blood flow to organs in the body. If blood vessels narrow, less blood reaches organs su...