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Social and economic factors can significantly affect your risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases and diabetes. We’ve been funding research to better understand why.

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University of Cambridge | Professor Martin Bennett

BHF Professor Martin Bennett and colleagues at the University of Cambridge are working out if a protein called SIRT6 could be a target for new drugs to treat atherosclerosis, a condition where fatty materials build-up inside arteries. A he...

Find out why the NHS recommends taking aspirin if you think you're having a heart attack.

A cancer drug that unlocks the anti-inflammatory power of the immune system could help to reduce the risk of future heart attacks, according to research we've part funded presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in London.

Scientists at the University of Manchester have this week published research, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) which shows, for the first time, possible genetic causes of a serious congenital heart condition, Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF).

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University of Sheffield | Dr Emily Noel

BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Emily Noel is working out the origins of congenital heart disease – when babies are born with a heart that has not formed correctly in the womb, usually due to a problem with one or more of ...

A new health data resource will enable vital research to take place into Covid-19 and cardiovascular disease, with the aim of improving treatments and care for patients.

Scientists at the University of Oxford are to develop computer models of the human heart to better understand a deadly inherited heart condition.

We’ve been funding research to test whether smartphone apps can help diagnose heart rhythm problems.