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Can ‘conditioning’ the heart improve the outlook for people after a heart attack?University College London | Professor Derek Hausenloy
Currently, the best way to reduce damage after a heart attack and improve chances of survival is to restore blood flow to the heart muscle using a treatment called primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). But this process is not r...
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Understanding how genetic alterations lead to hypertrophic cardiomyopathyUniversity of Leeds | Professor Michelle Peckham
Professor Michelle Peckham and her team at the University of Leeds are looking at how changes in genes cause a common inherited heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM. HCM is the most common reason for sudden death in a...
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Swapping the heart’s energy source to treat heart failureUniversity of Oxford | Dr Oliver Rider
Regardless of cause, most heart diseases ultimately result in the heart being unable to pump out as much blood as a normal heart can, because it can’t contract as forcefully. To contract, the heart needs an energy source called ATP, and it’...
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How to encourage people to take their blood pressure tabletsUniversity 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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Predicting and preventing hospitalisation in older people with heart diseaseUniversity of Manchester | Dr Adam Greenstein
Older people with heart disease are more likely to be admitted to hospital, and they often don’t do as well as younger, less frail people with the disease. In this fellowship, the fellow working with Dr Greenstein will investigate whether m...
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Developing a new drug to prevent heart damage in diabetesUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Thomas Krieg
Dr Thomas Krieg and his team at the University of Cambridge are testing whether a drug that they have developed protects cells from being damaged by high glucose levels in diabetes. People with diabetes often have high blood sugar peaks...
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How do heart muscle fibres respond to their environment?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 ...