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Halting inflammation after a heart attack to prevent heart failureUniversity of Leeds | Dr Azhar Maqbool
After a heart attack, inflammation plays an important role in the healing and repair process that follows. However, long term inflammation can lead to changes in the way the heart is structured, a process called cardiac remodelling, which...
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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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Finding the mechanisms that control thrombosisUniversity of Cambridge | Professor James Huntington
Professor James Huntington at the University of Cambridge is studying new ways to treat thrombosis, where blood clots form when they shouldn’t, which can lead to a heart attack or stroke. Blood needs to clot rapidly to protect us after inj...
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Understanding why blood vessels harden as we ageKing's College London | Professor Catherine Shanahan
Professor Catherine Shanahan at King’s College London is studying why, as we age, our arteries accumulate bone-like deposits and harden. This hardening increases our risk of developing high blood pressure or having a heart attack or stroke....
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A new imaging technique to help doctors spot when heart muscle becomes diseasedUniversity of Oxford | Professor Damian Tyler
Our hearts need to convert fuels (sugars and fats) into energy to enable them to beat. But we know that in heart disease, this process becomes altered, and the heart muscle cannot use fuel correctly. Dr Damian Tyler, from the University...
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Von Willebrand factor unfolding the clotting processImperial College London | Professor David A Lane
Following blood vessel injury, platelets are needed to form a blood clot and mend the vessel. Von Willebrand factor (VWF) a ‘sticky’ protein, helps platelets bind to the site of injury. VWF must unfold at the molecular level for this to hap...
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How the Piezo1 protein helps endothelial cells respond to stretchUniversity of Leeds | Professor David Beech
Professor David Beech and colleagues at the University of Leeds have been awarded a PhD studentship to allow a young researcher to study the physical forces within blood vessels. They have shown that a protein called Piezo1, an ion chan...
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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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How do heart forming cells in the womb influence congenital heart defects and adult heart disease?Newcastle University | Professor Deborah Henderson
Sometimes, the aorta and pulmonary artery (the arteries that carry blood away from the heart to the lungs and the rest of the body) do not properly form in the foetus. Some of these malformations are life-threatening at birth whereas others...
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How heart failure affects heart muscle cellsUniversity of Manchester | Professor Andrew Trafford
When you exercise or are frightened your heart pumps much harder due to the release of certain chemicals in the body. In heart diseases such as heart failure the muscle cells in the heart which are responsible for the pumping of blood fail ...