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Does your weight affect your risk of heart surgery complications?University of Leicester | Professor Gavin Murphy
More than 35,000 people in the UK have heart surgery each year. Despite decades of research to improve outcomes, kidney and heart failure resulting from cardiac surgery still affects many patients. Professor Murphy’s team have shown that th...
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The role of the immune system in cardiac transplantationKing's College London | Professor Graham Lord
Pioneering research has led to advances in preventing organ rejection soon after a heart transplant. Transplant patients receive treatment to modify their immune systems – maximising the chances of their body accepting the donor heart. Howe...
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Blood tests: how do they work and what do they show?
Blood tests can help to diagnose some heart conditions or check if you have a risk factor like high cholesterol. Find out why you might need a blood test and what happens when you have one.
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First-of-its-kind trial testing diabetes drug to treat deadly aneurysms
A Leicestershire farmer has become the first person in the UK to join a trial, funded by us, to test whether the type 2 diabetes drug metformin can treat deadly abdominal aortic aneurysms
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Improving the identification of faulty heart valvesKing's College London | Dr Pablo Lamata
Blood travels through our hearts in a one-way system. Strong, flexible, one-way valves within the heart make sure blood keeps flowing in the correct direction. However, valves can become inflamed and stiff with age and disease, which puts a...
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Do ageing and disease affect the ability of stem cells to repair damaged hearts?King's College London | Dr Georgina Ellison Hughes
Many hundreds of thousands of people are living with heart failure, but there is no cure. Stem cells are able to repair the heart, but understanding how they work is crucial if we are to develop new therapies to boost repair after tissue be...
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Discovery Research Early Career Fellowship
The Discovery Research Early Career Fellowship is aimed to fund exceptional early career researchers.
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Lee and Krystalla’s story: “Thanks to CPR my husband lived to see our baby daughter”
When Krystalla's husband suddenly collapsed, her knowledge of CPR helped him to survive.