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Pre-eclampsia affects up to one in 25 pregnancies in the UK and can be serious. We’ve been funding research to understand its causes in order to better prevent it.

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University of Surrey | Professor John McVey

Blood clotting is an essential and tightly controlled defence mechanism that happens instantly to prevent extensive blood loss when a blood vessel is damaged. It begins when blood is exposed to cells displaying a molecule called tissue fact...

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University of Hull | Dr Ahmed Aburima

Platelets are important cells that help stop bleeding. They work by gathering at the site of bleeding and producing substances that promote clotting (a process called secretion). Dr Aburima’s lab has previously shown that a molecule called ...

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University of Aberdeen | Professor Dana Dawson

Dr Dana Dawson and her team at the University of Aberdeen are investigating the ‘athlete’s paradox’: why both obese people with diabetes and trained athletes have higher levels of lipids (fat) in their muscles, but with differing impacts on...

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Joanna Wardlaw

Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a common disease affecting the small blood vessels of the brain. SVD is responsible for nearly half of all dementia cases and a fifth of all strokes worldwide. The cause of the disease is poorly unders...

BHF-funded research saved Dr Robin Chung’s life and inspired his career as a cardiologist. Read his inspiring story.

Find out more about Kerstin’s experience of long Covid and how she manages her symptoms including fatigue, chest pain and palpitations.