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\n\n \n \n\n \n \nProfessor David Paterson has been awarded the 2018 Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship from the American Physiological Society.
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\n\n \n \n\n \n \nA study carried out by the research group led by Prof Zaccolo provides novel insight into how the heart reacts to the fight-or-flight response to stress
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\n\n \n \n\n \n \nA consortium directed by Dr. Kalyanam Shivkumar at UCLA has received a three-year, $8.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The consortium hopes to map the heart\u2019s nervous system, ultimately developing new treatments for cardiovascular disease.
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\n\n \n \n\n \n \nWhen does our heart first start to beat? Until now, researchers thought that the first time our heart muscle contracted to beat was at eight days after conception in mice, which equates to around day 21 of a human pregnancy.
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\n\n \n \n\n \n \nAn image of a whole embryonic mouse heart at 13 days after fertilisation has been shortlisted in a competition run by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
\n \n\n\n \n 20 October 2015\n \n
\n\n \n \n\n \n \nWe depend on electrical waves to regulate the rhythm of our heartbeat. When those signals go awry, the result is a potentially fatal arrhythmia. Now, a team of researchers from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and Stony Brook University has found a way to precisely control these waves \u2013 using light. Their results are published in the journal Nature Photonics.
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\n\n \n \n\n \n \nOxford researcher have found a promising future treatment for heart disease, going back to a drug first developed in 1950.
\n \n\n\n \n 4 November 2014\n \n
\n\n \n \n\n \n \nProfessor David Paterson, Associate Head of the Medical Sciences Division (Education) and professor in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
\n \n\n\n \n 24 October 2014\n \n
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\n\n \n \n\n \n \nThe Peter Beaconfield prizes are intended to reward young researchers who are capable of escaping from the stereotype of narrow specialisation to engage with translational medicine, and display a wider grasp of the significance and potential applicability of their research
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\n\n \n \n\n \n \nMany congratulations go to both Prof Paul Riley and Prof John Stein on their recent election as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
\n \n\n\n \n 25 March 2014\n \n
\n\n \n \n\n \n \nScientists from the Departments of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics and Pharmacology at the University of Oxford have discovered that a well-known, generic drug (\u2018drug X\u2019), the safety of which is well documented, acts as a low-dose, heart rate lowering agent by targeting the if current.
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