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Assessment of the angiotensin hormones as potential new treatments in cardiovascular diseaseUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Stuart A Nicklin
Heart and circulatory disease is Scotland's biggest killer and new treatments are urgently needed. Hormones are chemical messengers that circulate in the blood to control the activity of the circulatory system and organs such as the heart. ...
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Testing a new drug to block ceramide and treat heart diseaseUniversity of Aberdeen | Dr Nimesh Mody
Dr Nimesh Mody and his colleagues at the University of Aberdeen are designing a new drug that blocks the production of a fatty molecule called ceramide, which could be used to treat a range of diseases. Obesity, heart and circulatory dis...
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Report calls out unequal treatment for women with heart disease across the world
In a global report published today, researchers have called for urgent action to improve care and prevention to combat the worldwide leading cause of death among women – heart and circulatory disease.
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Working out how obesity is a risk factor for blood vessel diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Professor Charalambos Antoniades
BHF Senior Clinical Research Fellow Professor Charalambos Antoniades is working out why obesity is a risk factor for blood vessel disease, leading to heart attacks and strokes. Fat, or adipose tissue, produces various molecules that hav...
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Transforming heart attack treatment
We’ve made huge progress in treating heart attacks. Read how we helped set up the first coronary care units.
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How the brain and cardiovascular system communicate: implications for diseaseUniversity College London | Professor Andrew G Ramage
Information about your blood pressure and heart rate is continuously sent to a specialised area of your brain via nerves. Processing of the information arriving in the brain concerning blood pressure and heart rate involves the release of c...
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Can 3D printing improve the care of children with congenital heart disease?University College London | Professor Andrew Taylor
In the UK, 12 babies a day are diagnosed with a congenital heart defect, a condition or defect that develops in the womb before a baby is born. The defects seen in babies’ hearts are numerous, complex and often unique. It is now possible to...
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Developing a tool to predict the effects of drugs to treat diabetes and heart diseaseBrunel University London | Dr Fotios Drenos
Development of a new drug is a long, expensive process. The majority are rejected during clinical trials because they are deemed unsafe or ineffective. A tool that could accurately predict the biological effects of a new drug early in its ...
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Understanding the ‘alter egos’ of BH4, towards new treatments for heart diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Professor Keith Channon
The health of our heart and blood vessels depends upon cells in these tissues producing and responding to an abundance of chemical signals. One chemical factor, called tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), has important roles in heart and circulatory ...
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Could blocking a protein called EPAC1 prevent heart and circulatory disease?Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh | Professor Stephen Yarwood
Dr Stephen Yarwood from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh is working out if blocking an enzyme called EPAC1 could treat heart and circulatory diseases associated with metabolic syndrome – a combination of diabetes, high blood pressure and...