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Working out how a protein called BAMBI affects blood clottingImperial College London | Dr Isabelle Salles-Crawley
Dr Isabelle Salles-Crawley and her colleagues at Imperial College London are studying BAMBI, a protein found on the surface of the endothelial cells that line our blood vessels. BAMBI protein on endothelial cells has been shown to be impor...
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The effects of controlling a person’s blood pressure following brain haemorrhage and strokeUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman
Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman and colleagues at the University of Edinburgh are investigating if carefully controlling a person’s blood pressure improves their outcome following a stroke caused by a brain haemorrhage. Currently, it is kn...
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The effect of ‘BRaf inhibitor’ cancer drugs on the heartUniversity of Reading | Professor Angela Clerk
It is well known that medicines prescribed to treat one condition can have side effects on other parts of the body. New drugs that are being used to treat some types of cancer may have toxic effects on the heart, but not enough is yet known...
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Looking for ways to repair a broken heartUniversity of Oxford | Dr Nicola Smart
Dr Nicola Smart and colleagues at the University of Oxford are looking for new ways to repair damaged heart muscle cells and boost heart repair after a heart attack, to prevent heart failure. Dr Smart discovered that in mice, cells that f...
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Boosting activity of the heart protective enzyme HACE1University of Bath | Dr Stefan Bagby
Dr Stefan Bagby and colleagues at the University of Bath are working how to increase the activity of a protective enzyme called HACE1 in the heart. HACE1 protects the heart against high pressures and oxidative stress. When HACE1 is absent o...
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Using artificial intelligence to identify good candidates for heart surgery in the UKUniversity of Bristol | Professor Umberto Benedetto
People who require open heart surgery must be informed about the risks related to the operation. Currently, heart surgeons in the UK calculate the risk using a mathematical model called EuroSCORE. This model is no longer considered to be ...
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Do Purkinje fibres have a role in stretch-induced heart rhythm problems?University of Leeds | Professor Edward White
Researchers in the UK and France are testing a new theory that could change the treatment of irregular heart rhythms. Irregular heart rhythms – when the heart beat is too fast, too slow, ‘fluttering’, or chaotic – are called arrhythmias. T...
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Developing a new type of MRI scanner to study the human heartUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Dana Dawson
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a scanning technique that uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce pictures of organs and tissues in the body. A fundamental principle of MRI is that the magnetic field remains fixed – u...
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A protein WISP-1 may reduce the risk of aneurysm formationUniversity of Bristol | Professor Sarah Jane George
Professor Sarah Jane George and colleagues at the University of Bristol have been awarded a 3-year grant to demonstrate the role of a protein called WISP-1 in reducing the risk of aneurysm formation. An aneurysm is a localized, balloon-...
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The factors involved in forming blood clotsAnglia Ruskin University | Dr Nicholas Pugh
Understanding how platelets stick together may reveal a new way to prevent blood clotting that could ultimately prevent heart attacks or strokes. When blood clots form in blood vessels they can block the flow of blood and can cause heart...