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University of Manchester | Dr Shane Herbert

Diseases including coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes affect our blood vessels, causing damage by limiting blood supply. One way to avoid these dangerous consequences could be to encourage healthy new blood vessels to grow. Lead by...

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King's College London | Professor Susan Brain

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a short protein, produced by certain types of nerves, that relaxes blood vessels. Several decades ago it was realised that CGRP might be beneficial for treating heart and circulatory diseases, but i...

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Cardiff University | Dr Branko Latinkic

The formation of the heart in the embryo requires a complex group of genes being switched on and off at exactly the right moment, and for exactly the right amount of time. When this goes wrong in some way, congenital heart defects can devel...

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University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley

The epicardium is the outside layer of the heart. It is made up of cells that are essential for normal heart development. If these cells could be switched on in adults who have sustained a heart injury, it may be possible to encourage heart...

We are delighted that MPs have voted in favour of the Second Reading of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, by a majority of 316.

Cardiovascular disease new

Most people won’t know they have atherosclerosis until they have a heart attack, stroke or angina. We're funding research to beat the heartbreak atherosclerosis causes.

Professor Federica Marelli-Berg and her team at Queen Mary University of London are studying the role that inflammation plays in cardiovascular disease

BHF encourages the nation to learn CPR this Heart Month as new figures reveal only half of UK adults are confident they could perform CPR on a loved one