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Professor Sir Nilesh Samani receives prestigious award at world's biggest heart conference
Professor Sir Nilesh Samani, our Medical Director, has been awarded the prestigious European Society of Cardiology Gold Medal in recognition of his contribution to cardiovascular medicine. The Gold Medal, the Society’s highest honour, was presented today at the European Society of Cardiology’s annual Congress.
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Are athletes healthy?
Professor Sanjay Sharma uses his funding from the BHF to help answer big questions about the heart health of athletes.
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The CVD Challenge
The 2018 CVD Challenge reports for the UK on cardiovascular disease and how tackling medical risk factors can save live and improve lives.
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Could a ‘protein trap’ help to treat heart and circulatory disease?University of Leicester | Professor Nicholas Brindle
Professor Nicholas Brindle and his team at the University of Leicester are investigating an unusual new way to try and treat heart and circulatory disease. Angiopoietin 2, or Ang2, is a protein that is normally produced at very low leve...
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Using gene-editing to understand two mutations that cause congenital heart diseaseUniversity of Sheffield | Dr Emily Noel
People with Adams-Oliver syndrome (AOS) are often born with congenital heart defects, which are abnormalities in the heart structure. Recent studies found that two mutations - or faults - in molecules called Dock6 and EOGT can cause AOS, bu...
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How is the activation of platelets controlled in health and disease?University of Leeds | Professor Khalid Naseem
Researching how blood clotting escapes the normal controls in people with heart disease. Platelets are blood cells that become ‘sticky’ and clump together to form blood clots that stop us from bleeding too much after injury. However, in...
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Can a drug called allopurinol help people with heart and lung disease?University of Dundee | Professor Allan Struthers
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a condition where the airways become inflamed and narrowed, causing difficulty breathing. It is a common condition, which affects people’s daily lives. Many people with COPD develop a form of ...
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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...
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Monitoring heart valve disease by improving the reliability of echocardiographyImperial College London | Professor Darrel Francis
People with moderately narrowed or leaky heart valves, mostly the mitral valve or aortic valve, need to have ultrasound scans to determine when they need an operation. But the technique used to monitor severity, called echocardiography, alt...
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Investigating a new way to prevent tissue remodelling in heart diseaseUniversity of Manchester | Dr Delvac Oceandy
Dr Delvac Oceandy and his team at the University of Manchester are studying if changing calcium levels in cells which help maintain tissue structure in many organs including the heart, called fibroblasts, could help to prevent tissues ‘remo...