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Finding ways to help people cope after the death of a loved one following a cardiac arrest

Swansea University | Professor Paul Bennett

Around two thirds of heart attacks happen at home. The person calling for the ambulance, often a friend or relative, will be instructed to conduct cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). But only around five per cent of people who receive CPR...

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Can KCNE1 influence the heart’s electrical activity in long-QT syndrome?

University of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox

Professor Jules Hancox and colleagues at the University of Bristol will investigate how a small protein called KCNE1 can influence the electrical activity of the heart. The KCNE1 protein interacts with potassium ion channels called hERGs wh...

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Understanding how to generate different types of heart cell

University of Aberdeen | Professor Stefan Hoppler

As the heart develops, stem cells are directed to become specialised heart cells by messages from surrounding cells. The heart’s developmental programming depends on a complex network of signals and actions between cells and proteins in the...

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A potential gene therapy to keep our hearts healthy as we age

University of Bristol | Professor Paolo Madeddu

There are more than 11 million people in the UK aged 65 or over. This number is expected to rise dramatically in the next decade or so, because we now live longer than ever before. Although good news, an aging population also can mean an in...

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Towards less-invasive monitoring after a heart attack

University of Glasgow | Professor Colin Berry

In 2011, the British Heart Foundation funded a study to look at the best way to decide which treatment to give to people who had recently had a heart attack. This showed that measuring the ‘pressure drop’ in a narrowed artery – something ca...

Stroke - XILO-FIST

The XILO-FIST trial looked at whether the gout medication allopurinol could help people recover from a stroke or transient ischaemic attack.

GCRFF Multinational Clinical Trials Initiative

The GCRFF Multinational Clinical Trials Initiative aims to facilitate the coordinated consideration of investigator-led multinational clinical trials.