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Do e-cigarettes help people with mental illness stop smoking?University College London | Dr Lion Shahab
People with mental illness are more likely to smoke, which may help explain why they have a shorter life expectancy. Some current smoking cessation techniques do work but, in general, people with mental health problems struggle more than ot...
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Keeping track of young plateletsUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Paul Harrison
Platelets, the tiny cells in our body that help the blood to clot, live for only ten days. Because of this short lifespan, conditions that cause low platelet counts, such as thrombocytopenia, are usually caused by problems in producing enou...
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Understanding what controls new blood vessel growthUniversity of Manchester | Dr Shane Herbert
Dr Shane Herbert and his team at the University of Manchester are studying angiogenesis, or new blood vessel growth. Angiogenesis plays a major role in diseases such as coronary heart disease, arthritis and cancer. We need to understand how...
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Identifying children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at risk of sudden cardiac deathUniversity College London | Dr Juan Pablo Kaski
This clinical PhD project supervised by Dr Juan Pablo Kaski, based at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, aims to improve how doctors identify children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who are at high risk of sudden cardiac death ...
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Searching for a heart failure drug that targets how the heart muscle contractsKing's College London | Dr Thomas Kampourakis
Researchers at King’s College are on the hunt for a better, kinder, treatment for heart failure. This is urgently needed. Heart failure affects hundreds of thousands of people in the UK today. It is a progressive condition that can be debi...
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What is the role of COX-1 in blood vessels?Imperial College London | Dr Nicholas Kirkby
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Nicholas Kirkby is studying whether blocking an enzyme called COX-1 in blood vessels as well as platelets could protect against heart attacks and strokes. Blood clotting pathways stop us ...
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Calcium transport though Orai channels in blood vesselsUniversity of Leeds | Professor David Beech
Professor David Beech and colleagues at the University of Leeds will study a newly-discovered type of mechanism for entry of calcium into endothelial cells, cells that line the inside of blood vessels. The novel mechanism of calcium entry i...
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Does RAGE cause leaky blood vessels?Imperial College London | Dr Anne Burke Gaffney
After heart surgery, some patients can develop a condition called the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). When SIRS occurs, blood vessels become leaky and fluid can accumulate in the heart, lungs and other organs which prevents ...
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How platelets work in the blood clotting processUniversity of Oxford | Dr Catherine Pears
Platelets are small circulating cells in the blood that clump together when blood clots after an injury, to prevent excessive bleeding. But platelets are also involved in forming clots in arteries, which can lead to heart attacks and stroke...
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How the kidney and carotid body interact to cause high blood pressureUniversity of Exeter | Dr Maarten Koeners
Dr Maarten Koeners from the University of Bristol wants to better understand the causes and mechanisms of hypertension, or high blood pressure, so we can develop more effective treatments. High blood pressure is a risk factor for several...