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Does a protein called Syk offer hope for new anti-clotting drugs?University of Birmingham | Professor Stephen P Watson
Supervised by BHF Professor Stephen Watson, a PhD student is working to understand if a protein called Syk could help to prevent blood clotting. Platelets are small cells in the blood which clump together at sites of injury to prevent bloo...
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Modelling inflammation in the build-up of arterial plaquesImperial College London | Professor James Moore
Professor James Moore is supervising a PhD student looking at the role of inflammation in atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty deposits in arteries. Most fatty deposits (called plaques) have inflammation as a hallmark, and all inflammati...
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Studying cells in conditions that resemble the human bodyKing's College London | Professor Giovanni Mann
Endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the human body are exposed to much lower oxygen levels than present in the air we breathe. The percent of oxygen in air is 21% whereas the percent of oxygen in different organs and tissues in the...
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Understanding the role of calcium in platelet activation and clottingUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Michael Tomlinson
Dr Michael Tomlinson from the University of Birmingham is particularly interested in the role of calcium in controlling platelet activity. Although platelets are vital in plugging a site of vessel injury to prevent bleeding, they can also f...
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How do heart muscle fibres respond to their environment?Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Thomas Iskratsch
How do cells know whether they should form heart muscle, a blood vessel or something else? Recent discoveries have shown that one factor influencing heart muscle development is that cells are affected by how rigid their environment is. But ...
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Testing a new ablation method to treat atrial fibrillationImperial College London | Professor Prapa Kanagaratnam
Dr Prapa Kanagaratnam and his team at Imperial College London are working out if a new ablation protocol to treat atrial fibrillation (AF) can help people avoid the need to attend hospital. AF is the most common type of abnormal heart r...
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: understanding the role of tropomyosinUniversity of Kent | Dr Neil Kad
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an inherited heart muscle disease. If you have the condition, the muscular wall of your heart becomes thickened, making the heart muscle stiff. This thickening makes it harder for your heart to pump blood out ...
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Iron and the heartUniversity of Oxford | Professor Samira Lakhal Littleton
Previous research has shown that manipulating iron levels in the heart could help to treat heart disease. But to manipulate iron in the heart, we first need to understand how iron levels are regulated. Hepcidin is a hormone made in the live...
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Controlling von Willebrand factor as a treatment for strokeImperial College London | Professor David A Lane
Although stroke patients can be given blood thinning agents to prevent platelets plugging together, they are at risk of the serious side effect of bleeding and also having more strokes in the future. Professor David Lane and colleagues from...
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Von Willebrand factor and it role in blood clottingImperial College London | Professor David A Lane
Von Willebrand Factor (VWF) is a large blood protein. It helps cells in the blood called platelets recognise blood vessel wall damage, and makes them cluster at the sites of injury. An enzyme called ADAMTS13 controls the activity of VWF. If...