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Studying the eye to improve detection of small vessel disease in the brainUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Joanna Wardlaw
Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a common disease affecting the small blood vessels of the brain. SVD is responsible for nearly half of all dementia cases and a fifth of all strokes worldwide. The cause of the disease is poorly unders...
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How do platelet surface receptors ‘ITAM’ regulate function in health and disease?University of Birmingham | Professor Stephen P Watson
BHF Professor Stephen Watson from the University of Birmingham has been awarded a five year grant totalling almost £1.5million to look at the effects of tiny cells called platelets in our circulation. We know that platelets ‘plug’ a site of...
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Using machine-learning for personalised risk prediction of heart and circulatory diseaseUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Emanuele Di Angelantonio
Heart and circulatory disease causes more than a quarter of all deaths in the UK. In GP practices around the country, people over the age of 40 have their risk factors measured to estimate how likely they are to develop heart and circulator...
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Over-the-counter supplement could prevent heart disease in Type 2 diabetes patients
A cheap over-the-counter supplement could hold the key to preventing heart failure in people with Type 2 diabetes, according to research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.
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Will inhibiting an enzyme called Nox2 treat heart and circulatory disease?University of Reading | Professor Jian-Mei Li
Evidence is emerging that an enzyme called NADPH oxidase 2 (Nox2) is involved in blood vessel wall damage, high blood pressure, and aneurysms by producing harmful molecules called oxidants. Targeting Nox2 could be a way of treating these di...
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Can we better predict who will benefit from treatments for heart disease?University of Oxford | Professor Dr Jemma Hopewell
Currently we can reduce the risk of people dying from heart disease by reducing blood cholesterol levels using drugs such as statins, controlling blood pressure and diabetes, and encouraging people to stop smoking. We can use several approa...
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Can our genes predict the best drug combinations to prevent heart disease?University College London | Dr Amand Floriaan Schmidt
A variety of different drugs are used to help prevent heart attacks and strokes, and they work in different ways. For example, by reducing cholesterol or decreasing blood pressure. Although these drugs are often prescribed together, the saf...
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Developing a more accurate test to predict a person’s risk of heart diseaseLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Dr Anoop Shah
Doctors have a number of tests they can use to help predict a person’s risk of developing heart and circulatory disease in the future. Although they are reasonably accurate, sometimes they over-estimate the risk. A new and very sensitive...
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Faster translation of lab discoveries into new treatments for people with heart diseaseUniversity of Bristol | Professor Raimondo Ascione
The BHF is helping researchers in Bristol move lab discoveries into the clinic to benefit heart patients more quickly by contributing nearly £1 million towards a unique Translational Biomedical Centre. The Centre, costing almost £5 million,...
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Looking for ways to boost blood vessel growth in peripheral arterial diseaseUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Tijana MITIC
BHF Career Re-entry Research Fellow Tijana Mitic is studying ways to restore blood supply in the legs when blood vessels become damaged, for instance in peripheral arterial disease. Peripheral arterial disease results from a build-up of...