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Eating probiotics could lower blood pressure say researchers
Researchers say consuming probiotics could lower your blood pressure.
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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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New scanning technique could reveal severity of hypertrophic cardiomyopathyUniversity of Leeds | Dr Irvin Teh
In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, heart muscle cells lose their normal highly-ordered arrangement and become more randomly arranged. There is also a thickening and stiffening of the heart muscle wall, called fibrosis. This thickening makes it...
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Engineering a new window on artery healthImperial College London | Professor Mengxing Tang
As blood flows through our arteries it exerts forces on the artery wall. The strength of these forces varies according to the shape of the vessel – whether it is straight or has bends or branches. We know that these forces affect how the ar...
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Can we better predict sudden cardiac death risk from an ECG?University College London | Professor Pier Lambiase
Internal cardiac defibrillators can prevent dangerous heart rhythms by delivering a shock to the heart to restart normal pacing. However, it is difficult to accurately predict which patients will develop a lethal heart rhythm and should rec...
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The development of a new transcatheter prosthetic mitral valveUniversity College London | Professor Gaetano Burriesci
Dr Gaetano Burriesci and colleagues at University College London have been awarded £180,000 to design and test a new artificial valve for heart patients. Their aim is to develop a prosthetic mitral valve (one of the main heart valves that c...
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How calcium sensing receptors relax blood vesselsSt George's, University of London | Professor Anthony Albert
This studentship will research how calcium sensing receptors found on the surface of cells lining the blood vessels (endothelial cells) regulate contraction and relaxation of blood vessels. The team believes that one way in which calcium s...
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Does our heart have an internal clock that sets its rhythm?University of Manchester | Professor Mark R Boyett
Professor Mark Boyett wants to find out if the day-night cycle affects heart rhythm. A healthy heart steadily pumps blood around the body. An abnormal heart rhythm that is irregular, or is too fast or too slow is called an arrhythmia. I...
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Studying how the mechanical stress of the heartbeat could affect ion channel proteinsUniversity of Oxford | Professor Rebecca Sitsapesan
Professor Rebecca Sitsapesan from the University of Oxford has received three years’ BHF funding to study what processes are going on in the heart which enable it to act as a strong mechanical force, pumping oxygenated blood around the body...
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Does Ric8B control heartrate in response to the brain’s command?Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Andrew Tinker
The heart pumps blood round the body and the blood vessels supply oxygen to organs such as brain. This isn't a static system; it needs to be tuned in conditions where there is high demand for oxygen, such as during exercise, and at times wh...