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How a faulty gene leads to pulmonary hypertensionUniversity of Bradford | Professor Timothy Palmer
The predicted outcome of many patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is poor because there are very few treatments available. People with PAH have abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries carrying blood to the lungs, caus...
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How variations in our DNA affect blood vessel smooth muscle cellsUniversity of Leicester | Professor Shu S Ye
Advances in technology have generated an avalanche of data about the genetics of health and disease. Leicester has been at the forefront of finding variations in a person’s genetic code that are linked to an increased risk of heart disease....
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How a type of immune cell fights against atherosclerosisUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Ziad Mallat
BHF Professor Ziad Mallat from the University of Cambridge is studying how immune cells are involved in atherosclerosis, a process in which arteries become furred up with fatty plaques and they narrow. If the plaques rupture, they can trigg...
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Sirolimus: A complementary antiplatelet drug?University of Bristol | Professor Ingeborg Hers
Whenever we get a cut or a wound, platelets come together to form a clot and stop the continued bleeding. However, sometimes clots can cause blockages inside the blood vessels, which can eventually cause a heart attack or a stroke. To preve...
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Targeting connexins to control blood clottingUniversity of Reading | Professor Jonathan Gibbins
Platelets are tiny blood cells that contribute to a blood clot following injury. Thrombosis is where over active platelets form a blood clot inside a blood vessel. Such clots can block blood supply to the heart or brain and lead to a heart...
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Understanding how zinc controls blood clottingAnglia Ruskin University | Dr Nicholas Pugh
Blood clots form when small cells in the blood called platelets are activated and stick together. Controlling when platelets become activated is essential to ensure clotting happens when it is needed - for example, after injury - whilst lim...
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PUBLICATION
Health at Work - Stair climb challengeInformation Sheet, 6 pages, published on 08/03/2017
Increase the number of steps you take each day by challenging your colleagues to virtually climb well-known mountains and buildings.
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How cells of the immune system pass through blood vessel wallsQueen Mary, University of London | Dr Tamara Girbl
Dr Tamara Girbl has been awarded an Immediate Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellowship of £230,500 for 3 years to take up a research position at Queen Mary University of London. Becoming a fellow at Queen Mary will enable her to solve...
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A directory of human tissue and biological sample collectionsUniversity College London | Professor Brian Davidson
The UK Clinical Research Collaboration, or UKCRC, brings together the NHS, research funders, industry, regulatory bodies, patient groups and universities in the UK to promote high quality clinical research that benefits patients. One of...
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Can an App help people reduce their blood pressure after stroke?Oxford, University of | Richard McManus
People who have had a stroke or a ‘mini-stroke’ – known to doctors as a TIA - are at higher risk of a further stroke/TIA if their blood pressure is too high. Unfortunately, high blood pressure is common, and too often poorly controlled. Pre...