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First responder protein triggers heart attack-causing plaques
Changes to a protein that detects turbulent blood flow could prevent life-threatening plaques from forming, according to research the BHF part-funded.
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RESEARCH
Can stem cells grown in the lab be developed into beating heart cells to repair damaged hearts?University of Oxford | Professor Carolyn Carr
Currently, we cannot repair damaged heart tissue, such as after a heart attack, which means the heart doesn’t work as effectively. This can lead to heart failure – a potentially debilitating condition that affects over 750,000 people in the...
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Lucy's new heart - how our research has helped give Lucy her bounce back
Ten year old Lucy, from Basingstoke, is the oldest person known world-wide that has been able to undergo a transplant to receive a ‘mismatched’ heart, thanks to a new method developed by our researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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Game, Set… SOFA. British Heart Foundation delivers comfort to the Wimbledon queue
We served up something unexpected at this year’s Wimbledon – and it wasn’t strawberries and cream. For one day only, we surprised tennis fans by delivering a preloved sofa straight to the iconic Wimbledon queue, offering those in line a chance to rest their legs while highlighting our wide range of affordable, quality second-hand furniture.
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Igniting Change: Our new EDI strategy
We have launched a new equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy with the aim of igniting change for our colleagues and volunteers, the research community and for millions of people living with heart and circulatory diseases.
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RESEARCH
Does a protein called Piezo1 hold the key to preventing stiffening of the heart valves?Imperial College London | Dr Najma Latif
Heart valves are constantly subjected to mechanical forces such as pressure, bending and friction from blood flow, which can lead to stiffening of the valve – known as calcification. Although we know that cells that line the surface of hea...
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British Heart Foundation reopens doors after months of lockdown
The public are urged to support the BHF as we re-open our shops
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We think of heart attacks as being traumatic, but it never occurred to me I was having one
It was a Sunday morning during the coronavirus pandemic, when Jean Peet had a heart attack while putting on her walking boots.
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Getting to the heart of Max and Keira's Law
As the law changes on organ donation in England, we look at what this legislation means.
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Is how fast you walk more important than how much you walk?
“A faster pace showed positive outcomes for heart disease […], over and above the total number of steps taken,” a newspaper reports. We look behind the headline.