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University of Bristol | Professor Alastair Poole

Platelets are small cells in the bloodstream that clump together at sites of injury, triggering a clot to form to prevent excessive bleeding. Platelet clumping can be activated in diseased arteries when a fatty plaque ruptures. When this ha...

New research we funded at the University of Reading will aim to better understand how fish oils can help to reduce blood pressure.

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University College London | Dr J Paul Simons

Dr J Paul Simons and his team at University College London are studying a condition called cardiac ATTR amyloidosis, where abnormal amounts of a material called amyloid builds up between the muscle cells of the heart. Too much amyloid bui...

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Professor John Kelly

Chagas disease is caused by a small parasite species called Trypanosoma cruzi. This tiny parasite infects millions of people in Latin American regions and there are around 800,000 infected people in Europe. Chagas disease can become a chron...

The latest Omaze Million Pound House Draw has raised an incredible £2 million for BHF's life saving research.

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University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley

The BHF is helping the University of Oxford bring together developmental biology and regenerative medicine in a single institute by contributing £5 million towards a new Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM). The new b...

We're funding research to investigate whether outcomes from heart surgery could be improved by checking for iron deficiency

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University of Leicester | Professor David G Lambert

Although sepsis begins with infection, it can very quickly escalate to a severe immune reaction and circulatory problems. Blood pressure falls, and vital organs shut down because they do not receive the blood they need. Professor Lambert ...