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  • RESEARCH

    Reconstructing heart development to understand what causes congenital heart defects

    University College London | Professor Claudio Stern

    The human heart begins as a simple tube, which loops and folds itself to form a four-chambered heart, containing many different types of cells. This process of embryonic development in the womb sometimes goes wrong, causing congenital heart...

  • Cheese – find out what’s good for you in 3 minutes

    Do you know how much cheddar you should eat a day? Or if vegan cheeses are really healthier than dairy cheeses? Find out much you know about cheese with our quick 9-question quiz.

  • Artificial intelligence set to decode heart attack and stroke risk

    BHF partners with the Alan Turing Institute to tackle heart disease and stroke using artificial intelligence.

  • RESEARCH

    Dantrolene and VKII-86 as possible treatments for CPVT and other arrhythmias

    University of Manchester | Dr Luigi Venetucci

    Calcium is vital for the function of our heart and it is fundamental to the control of our heartbeat. A protein called the ryanodine receptor is crucial in the process; it allows calcium to move to areas in the heart cell where it can be us...

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    Limiting the damage to heart tissue after a heart attack

    University of Birmingham | Dr Melanie Madhani

    Most deaths from coronary heart disease are caused by a heart attack. There are many thousands of heart attacks in the UK each year. Finding new ways to limit heart muscle damage following a heart attack will offer a better chance of surviv...

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    Searching for new drugs to treat blood vessel disease

    University of East Anglia | Dr Samuel Fountain

    Dr Samuel Fountain at the University of East Anglia is searching for new molecules that boost nitric oxide and could ultimately treat blood vessel diseases. Nitric oxide is a gas made by the endothelial cells lining our blood vessels, whi...

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    Using artificial intelligence to predict heart failure risk

    Imperial College London | Dr Declan O'Regan

    Dr Declan O’Regan and his colleagues at Imperial College London are using artificial intelligence (AI) to interpret heart scans and tests. They want to find out if AI can accurately predict what will happen to people with heart failure, so ...

  • Our research highlights of 2022

    It has been a bumper year for BHF research. We’ve seen stem cell plasters to repair damaged hearts, technology that can speed up detection of heart disease, and of course our biggest ever research grant - £30 million to rewrite the DNA that causes killer heart muscle diseases. Each discovery brings us a step closer to ending heartbreak from heart and circulatory diseases forever.

  • Heart attack treatment: how many arteries to unblock

    When treating heart attacks, should doctors unblock all blocked arteries or just the main culprit? BHF-funded research helped answer that question.

  • Channel 4 to air 24 Hours in A&E: Heart Special

    Three people who have had serious heart and circulatory conditions are to be the focus of a new 24 Hours in A&E: Heart Special, in partnership with us.