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Which cells and molecules activate blood and lymph vessel growth during heart repair?University of Oxford | Professor Sarah De Val
The circulatory system transports blood around the body, but we also have a second circulatory system called the lymphatic system. This is made up of a network of vessels carrying ‘lymph’ fluid away from tissues to the lymph nodes, which co...
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Studying how blood vessels in the womb adapt in pregnancy to supply the growing babySt George's, University of London | Professor Guy Whitley
The placenta acts as a baby’s lungs and stomach while in the womb, supplying food and oxygen from the mother’s blood. Early in pregnancy the blood vessels to the womb change in structure and increase in size to supply enough blood to the gr...
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Discovering more about our heartbeat – how calcium is controlled in the heart.University of Oxford | Dr Rebecca-Ann Burton
Each heartbeat is controlled by an electric signal that triggers the movement of calcium ions into the heart muscle cells. The flow of calcium ions in and out of heart muscle cells is fundamental for the control of our heartbeat. When disru...
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A survival strategy for the cells lining our blood vesselsKing's College London | Professor Albert Ferro
Professor Albert Ferro and his colleagues at King’s College London are studying how a process called apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is involved in heart and circulatory disease. Endothelial cells line the inner surface of all bloo...
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How heart valves become calcified in aortic stenosisUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby
Supervised by BHF Professor David Newby, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is working out if a drug used to treat osteoporosis can also treat aortic stenosis. Blood leaves the heart through a large artery called the aorta and flows ...
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Studying the causes of heart muscle fibrillationImperial College London | Professor Nicholas Peters
Professor Nicholas Peters and colleagues at Imperial College London are studying fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder where electrical current flows through the heart muscle in an uncoordinated and irregular way. He wants to identify the p...
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Understanding the biology underlying broken heart syndromeImperial College London | Professor Sian Harding
Supervised by Professor Sian Harding, this MBPhD student is working out what causes stress cardiomyopathy, or broken heart syndrome (Takotsubo syndrome). In broken heart syndrome, excess adrenaline after stressful events like bereavemen...
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Predicting graft success or failure in coronary bypass surgeryUniversity of Oxford | Professor Charalambos Antoniades
Dr Charalambos Antoniades and colleagues from the University of Oxford have been awarded a 3-year grant of £258,000 to help address the very important question of why coronary bypass surgery may fail after just a few months. This surgery is...
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Can we better predict who will benefit from treatments for heart disease?University of Oxford | Professor Dr Jemma Hopewell
Currently we can reduce the risk of people dying from heart disease by reducing blood cholesterol levels using drugs such as statins, controlling blood pressure and diabetes, and encouraging people to stop smoking. We can use several approa...
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The role of interleukin 1 in the build-up of fatty plaques in blood vesselsUniversity of Sheffield | Dr Heather Wilson
A team led by Dr Heather Wilson at the University of Sheffield is interested in the role of immune cells in the circulatory system in the onset of heart and circulatory disease. Coronary heart disease occurs because of a fatty build-up, kno...