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Why does heart block occur at night, especially in athletes?University of Manchester | Dr Halina Dobrzynski
The rate and rhythm of the heartbeat changes between night and day. In particular, at night there can be long pauses between heartbeats, known as ‘heart block’. This occurs in a specialised part of the heart called the atrioventricular (AV)...
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Understanding the different causes of blood pressure in men versus womenUniversity of Bristol | Dr Emma Hart
Dr Emma Hart is supervising a PhD student who is investigating gender-related differences in high blood pressure. In the past, it was thought that men were more at risk of high blood pressure. But evidence shows that incidence of high blood...
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How platelet numbers and stickiness are controlled in blood clottingUniversity of Birmingham | Professor Yotis Senis
Professor Yotis Senis is studying platelets, which are the cells that help our blood to clot. Platelets are small cells that plug holes in damaged blood vessels and prevent excessive bleeding. But they can also form clots inside blood ve...
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Can the zebrafish teach us how to repair scarred heart muscle tissue?University of Bristol | Dr Rebecca Richardson
Unlike us, zebrafish can heal damage to their heart remarkably well. Although heart injury in the zebrafish can result in a scar, this later disappears and it is replaced by new, functional heart tissue. In humans, white blood cells, which ...
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Uncovering the role of Runx1 in causing heart failure post-heart attackUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Christopher Loughrey
Research-led advances over the last decade mean that, today, in the UK at least seven out of 10 people survive a heart attack. However, the damage to the heart muscle caused by a heart attack can leave people at greater risk of heart failur...
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Understanding how Popeye protein chemical changes influence heart rateImperial College London | Professor Dr Thomas Brand
Professor Thomas Brand from Imperial College London is studying the function of Popeye proteins in the heart and understanding how chemical modifications to these proteins can influence normal heart rhythm. Popeye proteins are located wi...
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Finding out if protein called Brn-3b controls aortic stiffnessUniversity College London | Dr Vishwanie Budhram-Mahadeo
Dr Vishwanie Budhram Mahadeo from University College London is studying a protein called Brn-3b, to find out if this protein could hold the key to preventing stiffness of the heart’s major artery. The aorta is a large, elastic blood ves...
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Do epigenetic clues hold the key to treating pulmonary hypertension?Imperial College London | Dr Stephen Wort
People with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have high blood pressure in their lungs. This causes a thickening of the lung’s blood vessel walls, which increases resistance to the blood flow but also puts a strain on the right side of t...
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