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BHF Accelerator Award to boost research at University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is one of only six institutions in the UK to receive the £1 million funding, which will strengthen its ground-breaking research into heart and circulatory diseases.
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A pocket ‘CPR’ coach to save more lives from cardiac arrestUniversity College London | Professor Mark Peters
A cardiac arrest is when your heart suddenly stops pumping blood round your body. This can happen at any age. If someone’s heart stops beating, pushing hard and fast on the front of their chest can save their life. This is called card...
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BAMBI and normal blood clottingImperial College London | Dr Isabelle Salles-Crawley
Heart attacks and strokes are caused by clots forming inside the blood vessels supplying the heart or brain. BAMBI is a protein on the surface of the cells that line our blood vessels called endothelial cells, and on the surface of platelet...
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Improving the diagnosis and treatment of dilated cardiomyopathyQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Federica Marelli Berg
Professor Marelli Berg and her team have discovered that in some patients immune cells may cause dilated cardiomyopathy and are searching for ways to stop them. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a condition where the heart chambers become ...
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Understanding how the giant protein titin stretches and relaxesKing's College London | Professor Sergi Garcia-Manyes
During the course of a heartbeat, the muscle expands as the chambers fill with blood and then relaxes as the force of the contraction pushes oxygenated blood around the body. The versatile, elastic function of the heart is so important to i...
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Sepsis: signs, symptoms and new treatments
Dr Leanne Grech explains what sepsis is, who is at risk and how BHF-funded researchers are working to stop the damage it causes.
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Research Excellence at the University of CambridgeUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Martin Bennett
By investing in research the BHF are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, which could help us beat the heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases across the world. But sometimes it takes more than a on...
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From London to Lithuania: The 1220 mile challenge
A group of ten of BHF colleagues have completed a 1220 mile challenge taking them virtually from London to Lithuania in a bid to improve their physical and mental wellbeing. To mark the momentous last mile of their challenge they were joined by staff and supporters from the Lithuanian Heart Association.
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BHF pays tribute to the life and work of Professor Attilio Maseri
The British Heart Foundation has paid tribute to former BHF chair Professor Attilio Maseri who sadly passed away on 3 September, aged 85, in his hometown of Udine in Italy.
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Evaluating the success of transcatheter aortic valve implantationUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Marc Dweck
Every year in the UK, thousands of people undergo life-saving surgery to replace a diseased aortic valve. The aortic valve sits at the exit of the heart, allowing fresh blood to flow to the rest of the body while stopping it leaking back in...