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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.

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University College London | Dr Katherine Brown

Today, many more children born in the UK with complex heart defects have surgery, survive and get to go home than would have done decades ago. But little is known about what happens to these children as they grow up – about their long...

Part three in our series looking at stress and the heart.

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Imperial College London | Professor Cesare M N Terracciano

One of the challenges in studying heart diseases is developing more accurate ways to replicate what happens inside the body. Because the cells of the heart work under constantly changing physical and chemical conditions, they have unique ...

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University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley

The BHF funds three pioneering Centres of Regenerative Medicine at top UK universities. Each centre has a different scientific focus, but together they are moving us closer to our goal of unlocking ways to repair the damage caused by a hear...

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Kingston University London | Dr Andrew Snabaitis

In this studentship, the researchers will study the function of a family of enzymes, the protein phosphatases (PP2A, PP4 and PP6) and their regulatory protein, alpha 4, in heart cells. They believe that these enzymes are involved in contro...

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University of Dundee | Dr Niall Fraser

The heart is an adaptable organ, having in-built reversible mechanisms that enable it to meet the needs of the body. One of these mechanisms involves changing the chemical composition of some of its existing proteins – which is a much quick...

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January 2027 Date TBC

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University of Manchester | Dr Delvac Oceandy

Adult heart cells have a limited ability to regenerate and are often replaced with scar tissue after damage such as a heart attack. This affects the heart’s ability to pump blood around the body and can eventually lead to heart failure. A...