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What makes platelets so sticky in a blood clotUniversity of Birmingham | Professor Yotis Senis
Platelets are small blood cells that plug holes in damaged blood vessels. They do this by sticking to sites of vessel injury and forming a clot that plugs the damaged blood vessel. Platelets can also have a detrimental effect on health by f...
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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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Using stress signals to predict heart diseaseUniversity of Glasgow | Dr Paul Welsh
In this Intermediate Fellowship, Dr Welsh aims to develop biomarker tests to better predict the risk of cardiovascular disease, including a heart attack. Doctors currently use risk scores to assess how high a person’s risk of a heart attack...
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Danger signals and dendritic cells in coronary heart diseaseQueen Mary, University of London | Dr Maria Paula Longhi
In this Intermediate Research Fellowship, Dr Paula Longhi, working at Queen Mary, University of London, will investigate how dendritic cells of the immune system contribute to atherosclerosis, the disease that underlies coronary heart disea...
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Working out how blood flow disturbances predispose to atherosclerosisUniversity of Sheffield | Dr Heather Wilson
Heart attacks and strokes result from the build-up of fatty plaques within blood vessels, called atherosclerosis. There are specific regions of arteries, such as branch points and curves, that more likely to develop fatty plaques. This is b...
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Interferon-gamma’s role in development of atherosclerosisCardiff University | Professor Dipak Ramji
Dr Dipak Ramji and Dr Timothy Hughes at Cardiff University are investigating an important molecule in the circulatory system called interferon-gamma, whose action may promote dangerous inflammation of the arteries (a process called atherosc...
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Is a molecule called poly ADP ribose involved in blood vessel calcification?King's College London | Professor Catherine Shanahan
Professor Cathy Shanahan is looking for new ways to stop blood vessels accumulating calcium and becoming hard and stiff – a process that can cause high blood pressure and predisposes to coronary heart disease and heart failure. There are cu...
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Creating a map of ‘tissue factor’ to reveal its role in normal and abnormal blood clottingUniversity of Surrey | Professor John McVey
Blood clotting is an essential and tightly controlled defence mechanism that happens instantly to prevent extensive blood loss when a blood vessel is damaged. It begins when blood is exposed to cells displaying a molecule called tissue fact...
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The effect of high cholesterol on neutrophilsImperial College London | Dr Marina Botto
Cholesterol is a fatty substance that is vital for normal functions in the body. However, when levels of harmful forms of cholesterol are too high, it can lead to fatty deposits building up in our arteries. This can block the flow of blood ...
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Could inhibiting PMCA4 protect people from death after a heart attack?University of Manchester | Dr Delvac Oceandy
Coronary heart disease occurs when the inside of one or more of your coronary arteries become narrowed due to a gradual build-up of fatty deposits. This limits the blood flow in part of your heart muscle, causing inflammation and disruptin...