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How histones cause blood clotting in severe illnessUniversity of Liverpool | Dr Guozheng Wang
Dr Guozheng Wang and his colleagues at the University of Liverpool are investigating what goes wrong in the circulation of people who are critically ill, for example, those with severe infection or after severe trauma. In critical illness...
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Studying a signalling pathway involved in blood pressure controlUniversity of Manchester | Dr Adam Greenstein
Dr Adam Greenstein and his colleagues at the University of Manchester are looking for new ways to treat high blood pressure through a new signalling pathway that they have discovered. The heart pumps blood around the body through blood ...
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Predicting future risk of heart disease in childrenUniversity of Southampton | Professor Mark Hanson
Professor Mark Hanson and his team at the University of Southampton are studying how a mother’s diet and behaviour affects her child’s risk of heart and circulatory disease in the future. As part of the Southampton Women’s Survey, Profes...
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How Cezanne affects blood vessel narrowing after angioplastyQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Dr Qingzhong Xiao
Dr Qingzhong Xiao and his team at Queen Mary University of London are studying how a molecule called Cezanne affects restenosis, when arteries re-narrow after coronary angioplasty. Doctors use coronary angioplasty to widen blocked or na...
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Are e-cigarettes less damaging to blood vessels than regular cigarettes?University of Dundee | Professor Jacob George
Dr Jacob George wants to find out whether smoking electronic cigarettes is kinder to blood vessels than smoking normal cigarettes. E-cigarettes are marketed as a safer option for people who want to stop smoking. However, although they do...
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Studying the role of zinc in blood clottingUniversity of St Andrews | Dr Alan Stewart
Supervised by Dr Alan Stewart, the PhD student on this project is studying how zinc is involved in blood clot formation and if zinc is important for why some heparin-based drugs do not work. There is a lot of evidence linking zinc to blo...
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Damage limitation after a heart attackUniversity College London | Professor Sean Davidson
Dr Sean Davidson is studying how we can protect the heart from further damage after a heart attack to prevent progression to heart failure During a heart attack, the heart is starved of blood carrying oxygen. The only way to protect the ...
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A sugar coated solution to stop blood vessel leakinessUniversity of Bristol | Dr Rebecca Foster
Cells that line the blood vessels (endothelial cells) are coated with a protective layer of sugars, called the glycocalyx, which helps the blood vessels to function normally. In health, vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGFA) is an im...
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Is zinc important in ensuring the normal heartbeat?University of St Andrews | Dr Samantha Pitt
In healthy people, calcium is released from large stores in heart cells through specialised ‘gates’ called ryanodine receptors. The release of calcium into the cell causes the heart to beat strongly. But in patients with heart failure, calc...
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Is the epicardium a good target for new drugs to encourage heart repair?University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley
Heart muscle cannot repair itself after injury, e.g. after a heart attack, so scientists are working to repair it using new heart muscle cells. BHF Professor Paul Riley and colleagues (University of Oxford and University College London) hav...