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Articles about 'atherosclerosis'

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High cholesterol levels at a young age significant risk factor for atherosclerosis

04 September 2024

Our risk of developing atherosclerosis – ‘furring’ of the arteries – can begin much earlier in life than was previously thought, highlighting the need to keep cholesterol levels low even when we are young, new research has discovered.

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New Heart and Lung Research Institute opens

11 July 2022

A major new institute opens today, bringing together the largest concentration of scientists and clinicians in heart and lung medicine in Europe.

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Could a vaccine protect us against heart attacks?

20 May 2021

Professor Ziad Mallat and his team have been shortlisted for a £30 million grant from the British Heart Foundation. If successful, atherosclerosis – hardening of the arteries – could become a thing of the past.

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Blood clot forming in arterial plaque

Observation of blood vessel cells changing function could lead to early detection of blocked arteries

01 November 2018

A study in mice has shown that it may be possible to detect the early signs of atherosclerosis, which leads to blocked arteries, by looking at how cells in our blood vessels change their function.

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