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Could a person’s own cells help to prevent a heart transplant being rejected?King's College London | Professor Giovanna Lombardi
Professor Giovanna Lombardi at King’s College London is studying if white blood cells called regulatory T cells (Tregs), which stop our immune system attacking our healthy cells, could also prevent heart transplants being rejected. Heart ...
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Developing a new technology to ‘see’ the cells of our heartUniversity of Leeds | Professor Jurgen E Schneider
The heart is made up of cardiac muscle and connective tissue. The way the different types of cells in the heart are arranged and joined together is important. An electrical current must be able to pass smoothly between them, and stimulate a...
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Heart care waiting list grows by nearly 100,000 in two years
Latest NHS England figures published today show that cardiac waiting lists rose to 421,433 at the end of May 2024 in England – an increase of 2,394 on the previous month. This is the highest total on record.
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PUBLICATION
Workplace challenge listPoster / chart, A4, published on 26/01/2015
A list of challenges for the Heart Month 10 minute workplace challenge
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Activating NKT cells to stop the immune system rejecting a heart transplantUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Nicholas Jones
Heart transplantation may be the only option available for some patients with irreversibly damaged and failing hearts. But the donor heart can be rejected by the person’s immune system. Although certain types of immune cells are responsible...
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Can we prevent anti-cancer drugs damaging the heart?University of Oxford | Dr Kerstin Timm
BHF Immediate Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Kerstin Timm is finding out how an anti-cancer drug called doxorubicin damages the heart, and if we can prevent this damage. Doxorubicin has significantly increased survival ra...
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Ollie Proudlock announced as BHF Ambassador
Ollie Proudlock announced as a new Ambassador for the British Heart Foundation.
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How do FURIN gene faults lead to coronary heart disease?University of Leicester | Professor Shu S Ye
Professor Shu Ye and his team at the University of Leicester are working out how faults in a gene called FURIN are linked to coronary heart disease. This is just one of the genetic factors that, in combination with lifestyle factors such as...
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British Heart Foundation urges the nation to take on its Declutter Challenge
According to a new survey commissioned by us, we're a nation of hoarders, with 84% of Brits holding onto items they no longer use. The survey has been released to mark the launch of our Declutter Challenge, which is encouraging the nation to declutter and donate any preloved treasures to us - to help raise funds for life saving science.
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Over 100,000 fewer heart procedures and operations in England in 2020
Around 371,000 heart procedures and operations were performed in 2020 – a 22 per cent drop from 2019 when more than 473,000 were carried out.