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Scientists at Queen’s University, Belfast have identified changes in heart cells that could offer hope for thousands of people living with dilated cardiomyopathy, according to research we've funded and presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society conference.

Researchers can now grow a model of a patient’s blood vessel wall in a dish from a small sample of their blood. The technology could be used to create personalised testing kits for new drugs and advance research into diseases of the blood vessels including stroke, heart attack and vascular dementia.

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The British Heart Foundation supports the best research in the UK at all levels. Those who lead in heart research receive our most coveted award - becoming BHF Professors. Those professors represent the best of the best.

How to classify your proposed research and areas of expertise using both the UK Clinical Research Collaboration body standard codes and BHF specific research classification.

The average Brit spends five years of their life feeling bored. A survey of 2,000 adults found we succumb to boredom twice a day on average - for a total of two hours every day.

Researchers part-funded by us have discovered a hormone imbalance that explains why it is very difficult to control blood pressure in around 10 per cent of hypertension patients.

A new algae-based treatment could reduce the need for amputation in people with critical limb ischaemia, according to new research funded by the British Heart Foundation.

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