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Up to 30,000 lives could be saved over the next decade thanks to a proposed pioneering government collaboration with pharmaceutical company Novartis to tackle heart disease – a leading cause of death in the UK.
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Genetic breakthrough to target care for deadly heart condition
CRE Research
26 January 2021
Professor Watkins and his team have found a new type of genetic change in the DNA of people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) - a silent killer amongst families that can cause sudden death in young people due to the thickening of the heart muscle.
No limit to the benefits of exercise in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease
CRE Research
13 January 2021
Earliest origins of the forming heart identified
CRE Research
8 January 2021
The earliest known progenitor of the outermost layer of the heart has been characterised for the first time and linked to the development of other critical cell types in the developing heart in a new paper from the Srinivas group led by BHF Immediate Fellow Dr Richard Tyser.
Professor Sir Rory Collins awarded the MRC Millennium Medal 2020
CRE Research
17 December 2020
Professor Sir Rory Collins, Head of the Nuffield Department of Population Health, and Principal Investigator and Chief Executive of UK Biobank, has been awarded the Medical Research Council (MRC) Millennium Medal 2020, the MRC’s most prestigious personal award.
New MRI technique could detect early signs of heart failure in cancer patients following chemotherapy
CRE Publication Research
19 November 2020
New research led by Oxford BHF CRE Intermediate Transition Fellow Dr Kerstin Timm shows that a recently developed imaging technique pioneered by the Tyler Group can detect early metabolic changes in the heart caused by a commonly used chemotherapy drug, which is known to increase risk of heart failure in cancer survivors.
Two major BHF awards to Neil Herring pave the way to new treatments for heart attack patients
CRE Research
12 November 2020
Associate Professor Neil Herring has been awarded a Senior Clinical Research Fellowship and a Project grant from the British Heart Foundation to further critical research into the mechanisms behind heart attacks and heart failure and potential drugs to combat them. Given the 50% reduction in research investment this year from the BHF due to the impact of COVID-19, Prof Herring is to be congratulated on these awards.
Professor Ellie Tzima is the first Novo Nordisk Innovation Fund award winner
CRE General
6 November 2020
Bone hormone could provide new treatment for heart rhythm disorder
CRE Publication Research
6 November 2020
A hormone which helps regulate bone mass is also produced by the heart and could help treat people with a dangerous heart rhythm disorder, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.
Pawel Swietach becomes Professor Pawel Swietach
CRE General
30 October 2020
Congratulations are in order to Pawel Swietach on his conferral of the title of full Professor. Research in the Swietach Lab is driven by an interest in how biological processes are affected by chemical acidity.
MRC Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship awarded to Samira Lakhal-Littleton
CRE General
27 October 2020
Congratulations are in order for Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton, who has been awarded a Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship by the Medical Research Council to further her lab's work exploring the implications of the cardiac hepcidin/ferroportin axis for the management of iron deficiency in heart failure.
CCRF partners with British Society of Echocardiography
CRE General
4 September 2020
The partnership will produce the first ever British Society of Echocardiography National review of Stress Echocardiography Practice (BSE N-STEP).
Recharging the battery of the diabetic heart
CRE General
4 September 2020
A new paper from the Heather and Tyler groups has uncovered the mechanism responsible for reduced energy in the hearts of patients with type 2 diabetes and revealed a new therapeutic strategy to reverse the energy deficit.
New study enables identification of people at particular risk of rare, but serious, muscle-related side effect of statin therapy
CRE Publication Research
24 July 2020
Researchers at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, in collaboration with other researchers, have published new findings that identify a combination of factors that put some patients at higher risk of myopathy.
About 5000 heart attack sufferers in England missed out on hospital treatment due to the pandemic
CRE General
15 July 2020
The number of admissions to hospital with heart attacks fell by 35% by the end of March.
Babies born prematurely are at higher risk of heart problems throughout life – new study
CRE General
8 July 2020
Study uncovers molecular 'first responder' that triggers heart-attack causing plaques
CRE CRM Research
6 February 2020