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24 May 2024. CVS receives £5 million funding from BHF
17 October 2023. Welcome: Elizabeth Haythorne
05 April 2022. Launch of a free infographic on the use of antenatal corticosteroids
29 March 2022. Risks of running clinical trials without prior mechanistic studies
2 March 2022. Research Insights - 'Brain scanning: a lifetime in an image'
28 February 2022. Edinburgh Pregnancy Research Team launches new website
8 February 2022. Long-term use of paracetamol linked with high blood pressure
2 February 2022. Pioneering imaging techniques to study scarring tissue in the heart
23 June 2021. CVS wins government funding for AI-assisted heart attack diagnosis tool
20 May 2021. Prof Nick Mills elected to prestigious 2021 Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship
19 Apr 2021. Research Integrity Team recognised for commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
2020 CVS News Highlights
24 Nov 2020. Stress during pregnancy may influence baby brain development
29 Sept 2020. Pete Aldiss awarded TENOVUS funding to study 'lean genes' and obesity
Jul 2020. CVS scientists shift to COVID-19 cardiovascular research
18 Jun 2020. BHF and ASCUS PhD students win 2020 Public Engagement Award
26 May 2020. New research highlights blood clot dangers of COVID-19
27 Apr 2020. DyNAbind and CVS enter collaboration agreement
27 Apr 2020. Abdominal fat tissue could prevent sepsis
19 Mar 2020. Jim Jefferies kicks off heart disease trial
23 Jan 2020. Mouse cell research offers hope for diabetes treatment
18 Nov 2019. New imaging technique sheds light on zebrafish hearts
2 Sept 2019. HiSTORIC moment for heart attack diagnosis
27 Aug 2019. CVS BHF workshops at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
31 Jul 2019. Key blood vessel discoveries could aid patient recovery after heart attack, two CVS studies suggest
22 Jul 2019. Babies born to obese and overweight mothers face greater diabetes risk
12 Jun 2019. Prof Nick Mills wins BHF Research Fellow of the Year Award
22 May 2019. CVS Student named an “Education Legend” by VisitScotland
20 April 2019. CVS Staff and Students demonstrate hands-on science at Edinburgh Science Festival
17 Jan 2019. Immune cells may be the key to tackling high blood pressure
30 Aug 2018. CTA scans reduce heart attack rates
28 Aug 2018. First randomised trial tests criteria used to diagnose heart attack
3 Jul 2018. The Increasing Global Burden of HIV-Associated Heart Disease
17 Jun 2018. Recent legislation linked to decreased numbers of drug-related hospital admissions
29 May 2018. Novel approach to studying calorie-burning fat tissue could help counteract obesity
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11ßHSD1 inhibition: a distinctive acute-myocardial infarction intervention
The health effects of air pollution in Asian megacities
High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin and Coronary Heart Disease
The cardiovascular effects of engineered nanoparticles
The vascular effects of nanoparticles in air pollution
Phenotypic analysis of miRNAs to promote vessels growth
Saltire 2 Trial
Assessing the maturation, specification and function of vascular endothelial cells derived from human embryonic stem cells
The role of inflammation in zebrafish heart injury and repair
The Magnetic resonance imaging for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms to predict Rupture or Surgery (MA3RS) study
The Scottish COmputed Tomography of the HEART (SCOT-HEART) Trial
Prediction of 18F-Fluoride to Identify Ruptured High-risk Coronary Artery Plaques in Patients with Myocardial Infarction
EVOLVED Trial
Clinical Translation: Manganese-Enhanced MRI of the Myocardium
Epigenetics regulation of endothelial cells in vascular disease
Understanding mechanisms of regeneration by resident endothelial cells in the post-ischaemic heart
Extracellular vesicle-mediated delivery of long non-coding RNA: Implications for vascular repair and regeneration
Computational approaches to study lncRNAs in vascular biology and disease
Machine learning in myocardial infarction to improve diagnosis, risk prediction, and treatment decisions
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin in the evaluation of suspected acute coronary syndrome (High-STEACS)
Imaging myocardial infarction
Reactivating ancestral heart regeneration programs in mammals
VascmiR (Vascular remodelling and miRNA therapeutics)
Marie Curie IAPP Project 324325: AD-VEC
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Andy Baker
Cecile Benezech
Mairi Brittan
Andrea Caporali
Karen Chapman
You Ying Chau
Mihaela Crisan
Fernando de la Cuesta
Martin Denvir
Marc Dweck
Tomasz Guzik
Patrick Hadoke
Gianfranco Matrone
Mark Miller
Nick Mills
Tijana Mitic
Bruno Peault
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How do Cardiometabolic Complications of Alström Syndrome arise?
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Genotype-Phenotype Relationships Among Human Insulin Receptoropathies
Glucocorticoid receptor in the early life programming of cardiac resilience
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Understanding the Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes
Taking GMP Grade Perivascular Mesenchymal Stromal Cells to First-in-Man Clinical Trials
Studying origins and heterogeneity of adipose tissue: a novel way of understanding aetiology of obesity
The effects of endogenous and exogenous glucocorticoids on placental vascular development and hemodynamic function
Exploiting the population isolate jackpot effect
Improving cardiometabolic health by controlling glucocorticoid delivery to adipose tissue
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Uncovering mechanisms for the transmission of early life programming effects across generations
Bone marrow adipose tissue: a novel regulator of cardiometabolic health?
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Genetic Identification of an adipocyte-expressed anti-diabetic target in mice selected for leanness
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Identifying pathways of injury and resolution in the kidney
The relationship between salt and glucocorticoids: implications for salt-sensitive hypertension
Using Mass Spectrometry Imaging to resolve corticosteroid action in the aldosterone-sensitive distal nephron
Development of an in vitro model of kidney collecting duct using mCCDcl1 cells
A model of salt-sensitive hypertension
Bioinformatics approaches to understand mechanisms of disease of cardiovascular disease
Connecting salt appetite to cardiovascular and kidney disease
Discovering genetic modifiers of early kidney disease
Purinergic Regulation of Diabetic Kidney Disease
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Ion mobility Mass Spectrometry to enhance specificity of Metabolomic profiling with Mass Spectrometry Imaging
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Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome as Drivers of Cardiovascular Research
Fibrosis and Calcification in Cardiovascular Disease
Vascular Dysfunction: Blood Vessels, Vascular Disease and Vascular Dementia
Innovation in Imaging
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16 May 2022. 'Imaging Inside-Out' - Castlebrae High School
14 May 2022. CVS drop-in session at Falkirk Science Festival 2022
10 March 2022. 'Imaging Inside-Out' - Scouts evening
18 Jun 2020. BHF and ASCUS PhD students win 2020 Public Engagement Award
27 Aug 2019. CVS BHF workshops at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
22 May 2019. CVS Student named an “Education Legend” by VisitScotland
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