Inflammation in narrowed blood vessels
Drug discovery / Therapeutics
When blood vessels become narrowed, it can lead to heart attack and stroke.
This is caused by atherosclerosis which is due to a combination of build-up of fatty deposits within the blood vessel walls and the immune system reacting to these deposits, called inflammation. This project will test whether a protein called “interleukin-2” can reduce inflammation and atherosclerosis.
This could lead to the development of new treatments of the underlying process that causes heart attack and stroke.
The development of a new AI-supported model for imaging the heart based on data from over 700 people with atrial fibrillation, allow ablation to be more personalised to individual patients.
Cardiac patches for heart repair
A trial for every patient
Personalised angina care
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