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Why antibodies turn against self after a transplantUniversity of Cambridge | Mr. Gavin J Pettigrew
Despite the success of transplantation, many transplants fail due to an immune process known as chronic rejection. Immune responses directed against the recipient's own proteins may provoke chronic rejection, with the development of antibod...
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Testing innovative image-analysis to spot high-risk coronary arteriesUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Martin Bennett
Atherosclerosis occurs when fatty deposits, known as plaques, form in the walls of our blood vessels, such as the coronary supplying the heart. Some of these plaques can rupture and create a blood clot, which can cause a heart attack. Card...
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Sudden infant death syndrome - investigating the genetic riskSt George's, University of London | Professor Elijah Behr
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS, commonly also known as cot death) is a devastating family tragedy that occurs when a child is younger than one year of age. The specific cause of death cannot be determined despite extensive investigation...
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Senior Basic Science Research Fellowships
Find out about senior basic science research fellowships at the British Heart Foundation
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Averting the harmful effects of high blood pressureUniversity of Oxford | Professor David Paterson
High blood pressure, or hypertension – is a risk factor for heart and circulatory disease. Research to understand how high blood pressure is controlled and what goes wrong in disease could reveal ways to prevent the harmful effects of high ...
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UK Government could be first in world to reverse rise in obesity levels
We have come together with fellow organisations to turn the tide and improve the health of the population.
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Is zinc important in ensuring the normal heartbeat?University of St Andrews | Dr Samantha Pitt
In healthy people, calcium is released from large stores in heart cells through specialised ‘gates’ called ryanodine receptors. The release of calcium into the cell causes the heart to beat strongly. But in patients with heart failure, calc...
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Making the most of your retirement
Learn how you can use your retirement to make healthy lifestyle changes, and how Tony Cooley did this while dealing with heart and circulatory disease. Read more.
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: understanding the role of tropomyosinUniversity of Kent | Dr Neil Kad
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an inherited heart muscle disease. If you have the condition, the muscular wall of your heart becomes thickened, making the heart muscle stiff. This thickening makes it harder for your heart to pump blood out ...
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