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Harnessing the power of data to improve our understanding of diabetesUniversity College London | Professor Nish Chaturvedi
People living with diabetes can develop long term consequences of their condition, including heart failure, cancer and dementia. In addition to those diagnosed with diabetes, there are millions of adults living in the UK with raised blood s...
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Untangling the effects of type 2 diabetes on blood vessel healthUniversity of Leeds | Professor Mark Kearney
According to data from 2016, type 2 diabetes affects more than three million people in the UK. The condition affects the health of our veins and arteries. This can lead to a range of problems, including leg ulcers, and it vastly increases a...
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Testing if sulforaphane is protective in obesity and gestational diabetesKing's College London | Dr Sarah Chapple
Dr Sarah Chapple and her colleagues at King’s College London are working out if a molecule called sulforaphane could protect mothers and babies from the harmful effects of maternal obesity and diabetes. Obesity increases the risk of gesta...
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Could empagliflozin be used to treat both diabetes and heart failure?University of Dundee | Professor Chim Lang
Professor Chim Lang and colleagues at the University of Dundee are looking at whether a drug called empagliflozin could treat people with both diabetes and heart failure. People with diabetes are at greater risk of developing coronary arte...
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Developing models to learn how diabetes leads to heart failureUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Gwyn Gould
Heart failure is more common in people with diabetes - but we do not fully understand why. One challenge is that it's hard to reproduce the conditions found in the diabetic heart in the laboratory, so there is a lack of experimental tools t...
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Life expectancy is lower in people with history of diabetes, stroke and heart attack
BHF-funded researchers at the University of Cambridge have shown that people with a history of two or more conditions - including heart attack, diabetes and stroke - have a significantly reduced life expectancy
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The role of stem cells in preventing diabetes-related cardiovascular diseaseUniversity of Leeds | Dr Richard Cubbon
Dr Richard Cubbon, a BHF Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow, at the University of Leeds, has been awarded a grant totalling nearly £170,000 to allow his team to investigate the link between diabetes and cardiovascular disease. They will...
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Can removing the SHIP2 protein improve blood vessel repair in diabetes?University of Leeds | Dr Richard Cubbon
Even with the best treatment, diabetes doubles the risk of life-threatening diseases, including heart attack and stroke, by damaging the lining of blood vessels. The body has some ability to repair this damage to blood vessels, but this is ...
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Uncovering how blocking BACE1 protects blood vessels in type 2 diabetesUniversity of Leeds | Dr Paul Meakin
Circulatory diseases – those that affect our veins and arteries – are caused by damage to endothelial cells, which line our blood vessels. Among other effects, this damage stops vessels responding to signals that should keep blood pressure ...
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New risk calculator can help prevent heart attacks and strokes in people with type 2 diabetes
A new risk calculator, developed by BHF-funded researchers, will help to identify people with type 2 diabetes who are at high risk of developing heart and circulatory disease and help them get preventative treatment to ward off future heart attacks and strokes.