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Researchers identify new genetic changes that cause high blood pressure in pregnant women
A unique pair of genetic changes has been found to cause sudden onset high blood pressure in pregnant women, according to research we've part-funded and published in Nature Genetics.
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Investigating why some coronary artery disease patients don’t benefit from bypass surgeryUniversity College London | Dr Charlotte Manisty
Heart failure affects over half a million people in the UK. Often, it’s caused by coronary heart disease, when the arteries supplying the heart muscle become narrowed or blocked. One of the most effective treatments for coronary heart disea...
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Investigating how to reduce thickening of vein graftsUniversity of Bristol | Professor Sarah Jane George
Professor Sarah George and colleagues from the University of Bristol have been awarded a 3-year grant to determine how to reduce the thickening of vein grafts by using a certain type of protein in the graft. Bypass graft procedures are ...
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Do diseased hearts ‘deform’ in a different way to normal hearts?University of Oxford | Professor Vicente Grau
So the heart can pump blood and oxygen around the body effectively, its four chambers need to ‘deform’ and change shape. But when the heart muscle is damaged, such as after a heart attack, this process does not work and the heart does not p...
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Identifying people at risk of rare statins side-effects
Researchers we fund at the University of Oxford have published new findings that identify a combination of factors that put some patients at higher risk of myopathy, a rare side-effect of statin therapy.
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How does a protein called Slp4 control platelet stickiness?University of Bristol | Professor Alastair Poole
Professor Alastair Poole and his colleagues at the University of Bristol are studying how platelets work to reveal new ways to prevent blood clots forming inside blood vessels, reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Platelets f...
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Can people with dilated cardiomyopathy without symptoms stop taking their medication?Imperial College London | Professor Sanjay Prasad
Supervised by Dr Sanjay Prasad, this Clinical Research Training Fellowship asks if it is safe to stop medication in people who have recovered from the heart muscle disease dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). In DCM the heart doesn’t pump corre...
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How do our genes influence the aorta, the body’s main blood vessel?Imperial College London | Professor Stuart Cook
Supervised by Professor Stuart Cook, a Clinical Research Training Fellow is working out which genes determine the stiffness and size of the main blood vessel exiting the heart, the aorta. The dimensions and flexibility of this vessel can in...