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Understanding how small arteries work, to shed light on high blood pressureUniversity of Manchester | Dr Adam Greenstein
The pressure of the blood flowing through your arteries is continuously adjusted to your need: during exercise, your heart beats quicker and blood pressure increases to make sure your muscles receive enough oxygen and nutrients to keep work...
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Reprogramming the immune response to heart injuryUniversity of Oxford | Professor Robin P Choudhury
After a heart attack, immune cells called monocytes rush into the heart from the spleen and become ‘switched on’ along the way. Normally, the immune response caused by monocytes is a positive effect that helps fight infections. But when thi...
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Can we prevent more damage to heart muscle after a heart attack?Newcastle University | Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos
Supervised by Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos, a PhD student is looking for ways to prevent further heart muscle damage after a heart attack. Doctors carry out a procedure called coronary angioplasty to open up blocked or narrowed arteries ...
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A new technique for tracking the blood enzyme haem oxygenase 1Imperial College London | Dr Joseph Boyle
Haem is an important molecule in our blood that carries oxygen and gives blood its red colour. The amount of haem in the body is maintained by an enzyme called haem oxygenase 1 (HO-1). HO-1 breaks down bruises by converting the blood into h...
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Investigating how streptococcus bacteria trigger endocarditisUniversity of Bristol | Dr Angela Nobbs
Endocarditis is an infection that affects the inner lining of the heart. It is a rare but life-threatening condition, usually caused by bacteria that have entered the bloodstream and have circulated to the heart. Oral streptococci bacteria ...
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Working out how platelets cause harmful blood clotsUniversity of Reading | Dr Christopher Jones
Dr Christopher Jones and his team at the University of Reading are studying how small blood cells called platelets clump together to form clots when blood vessels become damaged. Large clots in the heart’s blood vessels can cause heart atta...
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Looking for ways to repair a broken heartUniversity of Oxford | Dr Nicola Smart
Dr Nicola Smart and colleagues at the University of Oxford are looking for new ways to repair damaged heart muscle cells and boost heart repair after a heart attack, to prevent heart failure. Dr Smart discovered that in mice, cells that f...
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CNP – a guardian angel in the heart?Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Adrian Hobbs
Professor Hobbs and his team are experts in a small protein called C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP). They’ve shown in mice that it is released from the lining of blood vessels and has a protective effect upon them. It’s thought that CNP mig...
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Finding out which protein channels control the atrioventricular nodeUniversity of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox
Professor Jules Hancox and his team at the University of Bristol are studying small proteins that control a small region of the heart called the atrioventricular node, or AVN, to better understand the electrics of the heart muscle. The AVN...
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Searching for new drugs to treat blood vessel diseaseUniversity of East Anglia | Dr Samuel Fountain
Dr Samuel Fountain at the University of East Anglia is searching for new molecules that boost nitric oxide and could ultimately treat blood vessel diseases. Nitric oxide is a gas made by the endothelial cells lining our blood vessels, whi...