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What controls platelet secretion in blood clotting?University of Sheffield | Professor Martina E Daly
When blood vessels are injured, cells called platelets gather at the site of injury, forming a clot to stop excessive bleeding. At the injury site, platelets release a mixture of proteins and small molecules that activate more platelets – a...
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When is the best time of day to take medicines for high blood pressure?University of Dundee | Professor Thomas MacDonald
High blood pressure is an extremely common condition in the UK. Around one in three adults in England and Scotland have high blood pressure. Many of these patients are prescribed daily medicines (called antihypertensives) that help lower th...
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Can partial support with an assist device help a damaged heart recover?Imperial College London | Professor John Pepper
Heart failure is a common condition, and the number of people with advanced heart failure continues to increase. We need new treatments that improve patients’ symptoms and extend life. Mechanical pumps can be used to help the heart beat mor...
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Developing a computer model to predict heart clots in atrial fibrillationUniversity College London | Dr Giorgia M Bosi
BHF Immediate Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellow Georgia Bosi is developing a new computer model that will help us understand why blood clots form in atrial fibrillation and what treatments work best. Arrhythmias happen when the...
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How do proteins called NADPH oxidases control platelets in blood clots?University of Exeter | Dr Giordano Pula
Dr Giordano Pula and his team are studying the blood clotting process, with the aim of finding new ways to prevent life threatening blood clots. Platelets are small circulating cells that are required for blood clotting. If they become u...
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Increasing recruitment of patients in stroke prevention trialsUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman
Professor Rustam Al Shahi Salman and colleagues from the University of Edinburgh have been awarded a grant to test the PRIME recruitment strategy in the BHF-funded RESTART trial. RESTART is a trial testing whether recommencing antiplatel...
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Activating NKT cells to stop the immune system rejecting a heart transplantUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Nicholas Jones
Heart transplantation may be the only option available for some patients with irreversibly damaged and failing hearts. But the donor heart can be rejected by the person’s immune system. Although certain types of immune cells are responsible...
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Using ultrasound to make lab-grown heart cells more like the real thingImperial College London | Professor Molly Stevens
Scientific advances mean that it is now possible to grow heart cells in the laboratory from stem cells. There are several potential uses for lab-grown cells. For instance, to create ‘prosthetic’ heart tissue to repair the damage caused by a...
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