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How important is the kidney in regulating blood pressure?University of Cambridge | Dr Kevin O'Shaughnessy
Gordon’s syndrome is a rare inherited form of high blood pressure caused by the body’s inability to regulate sodium and potassium levels in the kidney, leading to high concentrations in the circulation. High blood pressure raises the risk o...
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Studying the nanomechanics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathyQueen Mary, University of London | Dr Arianna Fornili
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a common disease of the heart muscle and detailed knowledge of the mechanism of heart contraction is central to design new therapies. Contractions arise from the molecular motions of a motor protein, myosin II...
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How does blood flow affect new blood vessel formation?University of Sheffield | Professor Tim Chico
Damage to blood vessels can cause serious conditions like coronary heart disease and stroke. Understanding how new blood vessels form, in a process called angiogenesis, and how their growth can be controlled could help scientists devise way...
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How can we encourage men to use physical activity interventions?University of Bristol | Professor Russell Jago
We know that physical exercise helps to reduce the risk of heart and circulatory disease in both adults and children, by helping to control risk factors for the disease – weight, blood pressure and cholesterol. However, despite these health...
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State-of-the-art scans to detect and monitor heart diseaseUniversity of Manchester | Professor Bernard Keavney
New state-of-the-art scans are now able to provide intricate detail about heart structure and function and, increasingly, are being used to pick up early signs of heart disease, or to monitor disease progression. One of the most promisi...
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Fixing the volume switch in heart failure – targeting the control of noradrenaline releaseUniversity of Oxford | Professor David Paterson
Injury to the heart muscle caused by a heart attack or high blood pressure can lead to heart failure, where it lacks the power to pump blood around the body efficiently. This is also associated with an increase in the release of a chemical ...
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An important new role for actin in atherosclerosisUniversity of Bristol | Dr Mark Bond
Atherosclerosis is the process in arteries that causes them to become narrowed or blocked, and can cause a stroke or heart attack. During atherosclerosis, the growth and movement of cells in the walls of blood vessels becomes uncontrolled, ...
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Testing a new drug to block ceramide and treat heart diseaseUniversity of Aberdeen | Dr Nimesh Mody
Dr Nimesh Mody and his colleagues at the University of Aberdeen are designing a new drug that blocks the production of a fatty molecule called ceramide, which could be used to treat a range of diseases. Obesity, heart and circulatory dis...
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Building new blood vessels after a heart attackUniversity of Leeds | Dr Sreenivasan Ponnambalam
Most heart attacks occur when the coronary arteries, which supply heart muscle with oxygen-rich blood, become narrowed by a gradual build-up of fatty material within their walls. If a piece of fatty material (atheroma) breaks apart it may c...
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Targeting ZONAB to better understand inflammation and blood vessel formationUniversity College London | Professor Dr Maria Balda
The insides of blood vessels are made up of a thin sheet of cells, called endothelial cells, which form a barrier between the passing blood and the vessel wall. Endothelial cells have many functions, from responding to stimuli within the bl...