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Standing with our BHF research community
Coronavirus (Covid-19) is an unprecedented pandemic that has shaken the world. As the situation evolves, we are mobilising our research community to join the fight against Covid-19.
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Funding the researchers of the future
Over the past 60 years, BHF support has enabled the training of generations of researchers and supported world-leading scientists to make discoveries that have helped save and improve people’s lives.
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Understanding how medical devices become infectedUniversity of York | Professor Gavin Thomas
Professor Gavin Thomas and his team at the University of York are working out how bacteria form hard-to-treat infections on the surfaces of medical devices such as catheters, pacemaker leads and artificial heart valves. In these infectio...
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Research excellence at King's College LondonKing's College London | Professor Ajay Shah
By investing in research the BHF are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, which could help us beat the heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases across the world. But sometimes it takes more than a on...
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Chemical messengers in heart failure and hypertrophyUniversity of Oxford | Professor Manuela Zaccolo
Cardiac hypertrophy is when cells in the heart grow too large and cannot pull together efficiently to produce the heartbeat; this can lead to heart failure. One important change that can happen during heart failure is disruption to a proces...
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Developing a heart research tool using fruit fliesUniversity of Sussex | Dr Jeremy Niven
Supervised by Dr Jeremy Niven, a PhD student is studying heart cells from fruit flies to explore its use as a model for heart and circulatory disease research. Despite their obvious stark differences, fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaste...
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A sugar coated solution to stop blood vessel leakinessUniversity of Bristol | Dr Rebecca Foster
Cells that line the blood vessels (endothelial cells) are coated with a protective layer of sugars, called the glycocalyx, which helps the blood vessels to function normally. In health, vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGFA) is an im...
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How a faulty gene may lead to atrial fibrillationUniversity of Birmingham | Professor Dr Paulus Kirchhof
Consultant cardiologist Professor Paulus Kirchhof from the University of Birmingham has been awarded a Senior Clinical Research Fellowship to establish a world-leading research programme in Birmingham into atrial fibrillation (AF), the most...
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Rebuilding damaged hearts – Why does adding other tissue types help?University of Cambridge | Dr Sanjay Sinha
Recently, Cambridge researchers found that using stem cells to repair damaged hearts works better when the stem cells are transplanted along with another tissue type. In this project, they will try to find out why. Heart failure occurs w...
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Are peanuts good for you?
Peanuts are high in unsaturated fat, this means they’re high in calories. But they’re also a source of fibre, protein and a range of vitamins and minerals.