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King's College London | Dr Olena Rudyk

Blood vessels that connect the heart with the lungs, the pulmonary arteries, constrict when the amount of oxygen in the body is low (known as hypoxia). In short term hypoxia, this process is important because it directs blood to parts of th...

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King's College London | Professor Giovanna Lombardi

The success of heart transplants in people with heart failure is limited because of late-stage organ rejection and the side effects of giving people immunosuppressive drugs. Scientists are therefore looking for ways to adapt the immune sys...

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University of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox

Professor Jules Hancox and his colleagues at the University of Bristol are studying the causes of abnormal heart rhythms in Rett Syndrome, a condition caused by faults in a gene called MECP2. In Rett Syndrome, children initially thrive, but...

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University of Birmingham | Dr Neil Morgan

Platelets are important cells in the blood that stick together and help your blood to clot when you cut yourself. Some people have an unexplained lack of platelets in their blood, in a disorder called thrombocytopenia. Thrombocytopenia can ...