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King's College London | Professor Luigi Gnudi

Professor Luigi Gnudi and his team at King’s College London are studying a protein called Nogo-B to find out if it could protect blood vessels during diabetic kidney disease. In diabetes, small blood vessels in the kidney become damaged, ...

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University of Manchester | Dr Ashraf Kitmitto

Heart complications are a major cause of death in people with diabetes and these complications are often associated with abnormal contraction of the heart. A protein called the ryanodine receptor (RyR) helps to control heart contraction by ...

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University of Exeter | Dr Sebastian Oltean

Although blood sugar (glucose) levels can be controlled relatively well in most people with diabetes, many will still develop complications that can affect their heart and blood vessels. These include a condition called diabetic nephropathy...

A new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can identify those at highest risk of conditions leading to heart-related death, including kidney failure and diabetes, according to new research funded by us presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress

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University of Oxford | Dr Ricardo Carnicer Hijazo

BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Ricardo Carnicer is studying ways to treat diabetic cardiomyopathy. The condition is specific to people with diabetes and affects the pumping ability of heart muscle, which can lead to heart...

Statins are medicines that help lower your cholesterol and protect your arteries. Understand what statins do, and are used for, the pros and cons, their side effects and potential alternatives.

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University of Leeds | Dr Richard Cubbon

Type 2 diabetes affects more than 1 million people in the UK, most of who are unable to control their blood sugar because they don’t respond to the hormone insulin. This is called ‘insulin resistance’, and can damage blood vessels, leading ...

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University of Manchester | Dr Wei Liu

Investigating how diabetes causes a dangerous condition called diabetic cardiomyopathy. Diabetes is a major global health problem, estimated to affect more than 400 million people. The condition can double a person’s risk of developing h...

What are normal blood sugar levels? 4 to 5.4 mmol/L when fasting and up to 7.8 mmol/L 2 hours after eating. Find out more from BHF Professor Mark Kearney.

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University of Oxford | Professor Kim A Dora

Professor Kim Dora at the University of Oxford aims to better understand how small arteries in the heart respond to stress and how this response changes in coronary heart disease. Small arteries in the heart dilate and contract to keep up w...