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Toni Vidal-Puig – Leading with Empathy Through the Covid-19 Pandemic

8 June 2020

Professor Antonio Vidal-Puig is Professor of Molecular Nutrition and Metabolism at the University of Cambridge. Reflecting on the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on the research landscape. Toni tells in an interview with the BHF, how the BHF CRE have supported the research, about fundraising for PPE, testing the strength of global networks, and what we can learn from the crisis.

British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence pump priming funds

8 June 2020

BHF CRE pump priming funds are being used to support a Multi-modality imaging and immunophenotyping of COVID-19 related myocardial injury project.

Repurposing existing drugs for COVID-19 a more rapid alternative to a vaccine, say researchers

11 May 2020

"[Repurposed drugs] will have already been shown to be safe and so, if they can now be shown to be effective in COVID-19, they could be brought to clinical use relatively quickly" Anthony Davenport

Switching on a key cancer gene could provide first curative treatment for heart disease

14 April 2020

Researchers trying to turn off a gene that allows cancers to spread have made a surprising U-turn. By making the gene overactive and functional in the hearts of mice, they have triggered heart cell regeneration

Cambridge to spearhead £20million alliance to map spread of COVID-19 coronavirus

1 April 2020

The University of Cambridge is to take a leading role in a major national effort to help understand and control the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) announced today by the Government and the UK’s Chief Scientific Adviser.

The BHF Big Beat Challenge

23 January 2020

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has announced its shortlist of four research projects competing for a £30m reward as part of its Big Beat Challenge. International, multi-disciplinary groups of researchers were asked to identify and propose a transformational solution to a significant problem in any heart or circulatory disease. The iMAP team led by Professor Ziad Mallat at the University of Cambridge (UK) has competed with 75 other applicants and is one of four international teams that have been invited to submit a full application.

MRC Clinical Academic Research Partnership Award

2 September 2019

Dr Seamus Harrison (Public Health and Primary Care) has been successful in obtaining an MRC Clinical Academic Research Partnerships award. The award supports his transition from a full-time NHS consultant to a clinical academic role to perform collaborative high-quality research with established leading biomedical...

New stem cell combination to help repair damaged heart

3 August 2019

Dr Sanjay Sinha and others at the University of Cambridge and University of Washington have discovered a combination of stem cells that can help the heart to recover from the damage caused by a heart attack. Scientists have been trying to use stem cells to repair damaged hearts for a number of years. Efforts have been...

Cambridge Heart and Lung Research Institute receives major funding boost

10 July 2019

Chris Skidmore (Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation) has announced today a £30 million award to the University of Cambridge to support the new Cambridge Heart and Lung Research Institute (HLRI). The Institute will draw together the highest concentration of heart and lung researchers from academia...

Potential treatment for arterial stiffening

10 July 2019

Professor Melinda Duer (Chemistry) and collaborators at King's College London have identified the mechanism behind hardening of the arteries, and shown in animal studies that a generic medication normally used to treat acne could be an effective treatment for the condition. The study is published in the journal Cell...

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Toni Vidal-Puig – Leading with Empathy Through the Covid-19 Pandemic

British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence pump priming funds

Repurposing existing drugs for COVID-19 a more rapid alternative to a vaccine, say researchers

Switching on a key cancer gene could provide first curative treatment for heart disease

Cambridge to spearhead £20million alliance to map spread of COVID-19 coronavirus

The BHF Big Beat Challenge

MRC Clinical Academic Research Partnership Award

New stem cell combination to help repair damaged heart

Cambridge Heart and Lung Research Institute receives major funding boost

Potential treatment for arterial stiffening

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