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Understanding heart development to help mend broken heartsUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Stefan Hoppler
After damage from a heart attack, the heart is unable to repair itself. Instead the damaged area turns into scar tissue, irreparably affecting the heart’s function. Understanding how heart muscle is first built in the developing embryo coul...
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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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Working out how a faulty gene can cause a cardiac arrestUniversity of Manchester | Dr Luigi Venetucci
A clinical student working with Dr Luigi Venetucci at the University of Manchester is investigating how a faulty gene that makes proteins involved in calcium release within the heart can cause irregular heart rhythms. The researchers are e...
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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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Can the genetic code reveal why some people develop rheumatic heart disease?University of Oxford | Dr Thomas Parks
Rheumatic fever is a condition that is common in the developing world. It is caused by infection with a bacterium called group A streptococcus. Sometimes children and young adults who have had rheumatic fever go on to develop rheumatic hear...
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Revealing the role of angiotensin II in pulmonary arterial hypertensionUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor A Mark Evans
In pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), higher levels of a hormone called angiotensin II promote PAH because they cause the smooth muscle cells that line the wall of the lung arteries to contract, raising the pressure in these vessels. Hi...
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A new MRI technique detecting dangerous fatty plaques that could cause strokeUniversity of Oxford | Professor Robin P Choudhury
Dr Luca Biasiolli is developing a new imaging tool to help doctors detect plaques in the carotid artery supplying blood to the brain that are most likely to rupture, leading to a stroke. Modern imaging techniques such as magnetic resonan...
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Targeting T cells to control their behaviour in heart diseaseQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Federica Marelli Berg
Coronary heart disease (CHD) can be caused by the inappropriate behaviour of T cells—a type of immune cell. Although T cells help us fight infection, sometimes their action on the heart and blood vessels is unwanted. T cells can contr...
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How collagen helps the blood to clotUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Richard Farndale
Collagen is a structural protein of the blood vessel wall, which is normally concealed beneath the cells that line the blood vessel inner walls. When the blood vessel becomes injured, collagen is exposed and attracts cells called platelets ...
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Medicine patch could revolutionise stroke treatment
A medicine skin patch could greatly improve the chances of someone surviving a stroke, according to researchers that we fund.