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A new imaging tool to detect and monitor amyloid in the heartUniversity College London | Professor James Moon
In this fellowship, Professor James Moon and colleagues are developing a new imaging tool to detect amyloid protein in the heart. This may allow clinical trials of new drugs to treat the condition. Amyloidosis is a serious disease cause...
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The effect of mental or emotional stress on cardiovascular healthKing's College London | Professor Simon Redwood
We know that angina – a dull, heavy or tight chest pain caused by restricted blood flow to the heart – could be a sign that someone is at risk of a future heart attack. Previous studies have shown that angina can be triggered by physical ac...
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Working out what controls the heart’s response to adrenalineUniversity of Dundee | Professor Michael L J Ashford
Dr William Fuller is studying the mechanisms that control how the heart responds to adrenaline, the hormone that increases the strength of the heartbeat. Caveolae are small pits in the cell membrane that bring proteins together so they c...
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Could boosting glucose metabolism treat diabetic cardiomyopathy?University of Manchester | Dr Wei Liu
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Wei Liu is studying ways to treat diabetic cardiomyopathy, a condition that can lead to heart failure because the heart doesn’t pump as well as it should. Healthy hearts are fuelled by a...
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A stem cell that promotes new blood vessel growthQueen's University Belfast | Professor David Grieve
Diseases that are caused by reduced blood flow, such as heart attacks, strokes and some forms of blindness, affect millions of people each year and are major causes of ill health and death. Dr David Grieve from Queen’s University Belfast is...
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Activating NKT cells to stop the immune system rejecting a heart transplantUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Nicholas Jones
Heart transplantation may be the only option available for some patients with irreversibly damaged and failing hearts. But the donor heart can be rejected by the person’s immune system. Although certain types of immune cells are responsible...
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Fixing cell energy production in the cells that line the blood vessels, to find a treatment for PAHUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Paola Caruso
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but lethal disease of high blood pressure in the lungs. This high pressure puts a strain on the person’s heart, which struggles to cope and which can lead to heart failure. The precise cause o...
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Studying the role of autophagy in congenital heart diseaseNewcastle University | Dr Helen Phillips
In the UK 12 babies a day are diagnosed with a congenital heart defect, a condition or defect that develops in the womb before a baby is born. The causes underlying this wide range of conditions are not yet well understood. Many different f...
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What is the role of COX-1 in blood vessels?Imperial College London | Dr Nicholas Kirkby
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Nicholas Kirkby is studying whether blocking an enzyme called COX-1 in blood vessels as well as platelets could protect against heart attacks and strokes. Blood clotting pathways stop us ...
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Understanding how neuropeptide-Y affects the heartUniversity of Oxford | Professor Neil Herring
The speed and strength of the heartbeat can be increased by a group of nerves that work by releasing a chemical called norepinephrine, a neurotransmitter. Whilst norepinephrine is useful in healthy individuals during exercise, it can trigge...