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I had 3 months to live and my only choice was to be put on the transplant waiting list
Esteemed barrister Mary Poku talks about her heart transplant surgery, performed 36 years ago by BHF-funded and world-renowned surgeon Prof Sir Magdi Yacoub.
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Which proteins determine the correct function of artery cells?University of Cambridge | Professor Christopher W J Smith
Professor Christopher Smith and his colleagues at the University of Cambridge are studying a group of proteins that help to determine the correct function of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) that line arteries. DNA is a chemical code th...
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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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Why do fatty plaques develop unevenly throughout arteries?Imperial College London | Professor Peter Weinberg
Professor Peter Weinberg and his colleagues at Imperial College London are looking into why atherosclerosis - when arteries become furred up with fatty plaques and narrow – develops unevenly in blood vessels. Scientists believe that dif...
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A new imaging tool to study blood vessel formation in zebrafish in real timeUniversity College London | Dr Paul Frankel
Supervised by Dr Paul Frankel, this PhD student is studying the processes that are important in angiogenesis, when new blood vessels form from existing vessels. Angiogenesis has a role in both the development of an organism and in various d...
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Understanding zebrafish heart repair as a step towards heart tissue regeneration in peopleKing's College London | Dr Yaniv Hinits
People who survive a heart attack may have heart tissue damage that affects their quality of life. Understanding what proteins allow human heart cells to multiply and regenerate, as they do in fish, could help develop drugs that help our he...
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How important is the kidney in regulating blood pressure?University of Cambridge | Dr Kevin O'Shaughnessy
Gordon’s syndrome is a rare inherited form of high blood pressure caused by the body’s inability to regulate sodium and potassium levels in the kidney, leading to high concentrations in the circulation. High blood pressure raises the risk o...
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Studying the proteins that control heart rhythmUniversity of Oxford | Professor Ming Lei
Tiny pores, or ion channels on the surface of heart muscle cells open and close to let electrically charged sodium, calcium and potassium ions flow into and out of heart cells and generate the electrical signal that spreads from the top of ...
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Can a protein called caveolin-3 reveal a new way to treat heart failure?University of Bristol | Professor Clive Orchard
A regular and synchronised heartbeat is crucial for the heart to pump blood efficiently around the body. Levels of calcium must rapidly increase in a synchronised way in every heart cell to enable the heart to contract. Folds or ‘invaginati...
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How cells of the immune system pass through blood vessel wallsQueen Mary, University of London | Dr Tamara Girbl
Dr Tamara Girbl has been awarded an Immediate Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellowship of £230,500 for 3 years to take up a research position at Queen Mary University of London. Becoming a fellow at Queen Mary will enable her to solve...