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Stopping the damage that diabetes causes to arteries and veins
Diabetes can lead to blood vessel damage and raise your risk of heart disease, blindness and limb amputation. We’ve been funding research to find ways to grow or repair blood vessels damaged by diabetes.
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Study sheds light on link between cholesterol and diabetes
Research funded by the British Heart Foundation has found that people with naturally lower levels of LDL cholesterol have an increased risk of diabetes.
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The athlete’s paradox, insulin resistance and diabetesUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Dana Dawson
Dr Dana Dawson and her team at the University of Aberdeen are investigating the ‘athlete’s paradox’: why both obese people with diabetes and trained athletes have higher levels of lipids (fat) in their muscles, but with differing impacts on...
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Blood pressure drugs could protect against type 2 diabetes
Lowering high blood pressure is an effective way to reduce a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the future, according to research we've funded and published in The Lancet.
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Gene discovery with potential to prevent complications for diabetes
A team of scientists we fund at Queen’s University, Belfast, have discovered a gene that increases the risk of blood vessel damage in people with diabetes.
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Why do people with diabetes develop heart failure?University of Leicester | Professor Gerald McCann
Supervised by Professor Gerald McCann, the Clinical Research Training Fellow on this grant is working out why heart failure develops in people with diabetes and if there are ways to detect it early. Heart failure is one of the main caus...
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Smoking and diabetes are biggest risk factors for peripheral artery disease
Smoking and diabetes are the two leading risk factors for peripheral artery disease (PAD), a narrowing of the arteries which can lead to limb amputation
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Do platelets cause inflammation in people with diabetes?University of Leeds | Professor Khalid Naseem
Diabetes is a complex disorder characterized by too much sugar (glucose) in the blood. People with diabetes are at high risk of developing heart and circulatory disease, partly because of inflammation which damages blood vessels. Unders...
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Countering the early stages of atherosclerosis in diabetesUniversity of Leeds | Dr Richard Cubbon
Patients with diabetes (high blood sugar) often develop furring of their blood vessels called atherosclerosis, which leads to problems like heart attack and stroke. The earliest stage of atherosclerosis is thought to be caused by poor funct...
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Understanding the link between diabetes and cardiovascular diseaseUniversity of Bristol | Professor Simon Satchell
Dr Simon Satchell’s team at the University of Bristol is trying to understand the link between diabetes and onset of cardiovascular disease. Diabetes is a major risk factor for the development of heart and circulatory disease. This risk mig...