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A stronger and longer-lasting artificial heart valve is currently being developed, thanks to BHF-funded research. Professor Geoff Moggridge explains more.

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University of Oxford | Dr Oliver Rider

Regardless of cause, most heart diseases ultimately result in the heart being unable to pump out as much blood as a normal heart can, because it can’t contract as forcefully. To contract, the heart needs an energy source called ATP, and it’...

Senior Dietitian, Victoria Taylor, answers some common healthy eating questions.

Scientists have lessened symptoms of heart failure by reinstating the body’s natural heart rhythm using brain circuits made in silicon, thanks to research part-funded by us.

A first-of-its-kind trial has found that a high sensitivity blood test in A&E can improve diagnosis for one in five patients who have a heart muscle injury. The trial, funded by us and published today in the BMJ, found that the test helped doctors to better diagnose and treat these patients, reducing death and future heart attacks in this group by almost 10 per cent after five years.

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University of Glasgow | Professor Colin Berry

At the University of Glasgow, Professor Colin Berry’s team have been awarded a 3-year Clinical Research Training Fellowship to study the causes of angina. Angina is a dull, heavy or tight chest pain caused by restricted blood flow to the he...

Are you worried about the effect of psoriatic arthritis on your heart? Professor Ian McInnes, Vice-Principal at the University of Glasgow and an expert on inflammatory arthritis, answers your concerns.

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University of Oxford | Professor Kathryn J Wood

Transplant rejection results from an immune response against the donor tissue, for example, a transplanted heart. Regulatory T cells, white blood cells that dampen down the immune response, are being investigated as a potential treatment to...

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.

A British Heart Foundation-funded researcher has discussed how her own heart conditions and subsequent stroke have affected her and inspired the life-changing research that she leads