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University of Manchester | Professor Maciej Tomaszewski

Professor Maciej Tomaszewski at the University of Manchester wants to find out if a simple, five step intervention can encourage people to take their blood pressure medication properly. High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects near...

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Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Thomas Iskratsch

How do cells know whether they should form heart muscle, a blood vessel or something else? Recent discoveries have shown that one factor influencing heart muscle development is that cells are affected by how rigid their environment is. But ...

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King's College London | Dr Oleg Aslanidi

Dr Oleg Aslanidi and his team are studying ways to improve the way we treat atrial fibrillation (AF), a common heart rhythm disorder and a major cause of stroke. AF can severely affect quality of life, and often medical treatments don’t...

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University of Strathclyde | Professor John G McCarron

All blood vessels are lined with endothelium – a layer of cells that control many processes in the circulatory system. Professor McCarron’s work suggests that different endothelial cells have distinct jobs to do and communicate with each ot...

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Sussan Nourshargh

Inflammation is an essential part of the body’s defence system against viruses and bacteria. It is also an underlying cause of many heart and circulatory conditions like atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is the build-up of fatty substances i...

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University of Birmingham | Professor Jonathan N Townend

Supervised by Professor Jonathan Townend, the Clinical Research Training Fellow on this project is working out why people with slightly reduced kidney function - a very common finding on blood tests - are more likely to develop heart and ci...