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University of Nottingham | Professor John David Brook

Congenital heart disease affects around 1 in 133 newborn babies. Genetics play a large part in this, and in many cases there are complex interactions between many different genes. A genetic test called an ‘array-CGH’ can reveal more about t...

Chief Executive at UK Biobank and BHF Professor, Sir Rory Collins, is enhancing a health data resource to understand why some individuals are hit hard by coronavirus (Covid-19) while others escape with little or no effect.

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Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Thomas Iskratsch

How do cells know whether they should form heart muscle, a blood vessel or something else? Recent discoveries have shown that one factor influencing heart muscle development is that cells are affected by how rigid their environment is. But ...

February is Heart Month and this year we’re urging people to take at least 10 minutes a day to help improve their own heart health as well as support our annual fundraiser, Wear it. Beat it.

BHF researchers are awarded and honoured at the 2023 Heart Hero Awards

Nearly 100,000 more people with cardiovascular disease than expected have died since the start of the pandemic in England, according to our analysis published today.

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University of Reading | Professor Angela Clerk

Several drugs to treat cancer are known to have long-term side effects on the heart. Among them are drugs that impact a series of proteins which talk to each other, called the ERK1/2 pathway. This pathway promotes cancer, but it also protec...

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University of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby

Supervised by BHF Professor David Newby, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is working out if a drug used to treat osteoporosis can also treat aortic stenosis. Blood leaves the heart through a large artery called the aorta and flows ...

Modern drugs can be very effective for treating cancer and there have been major recent advances in their development. However, some anti-cancer drugs cause high blood pressure and can impair the pumping activity of the heart, leaving patients at risk of heart failure, heart attack, stroke and kidney failure. We are funding a new research project which aims to give new hope to cancer patients who develop heart problems as a side effect of their treatment.

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University of Manchester | Professor Maciej Tomaszewski

Professor Maciej Tomaszewski and his team at the University of Manchester are working out why men are more likely to develop heart disease, particularly whether this is because they have inherited genes that predispose them to heart disease...