Major new research programme to halt relentless rise in UK heart
failure Regenerative medicine could make recovery as simple as
getting over a broken leg. The burden of debilitating heart
failure has risen relentlessly since the Sixties, inspiring our
major new research programme to find a cure. The condition,
which is often caused by damage to the heart during a heart
attack, means the heart can no longer pump properly. It is one
of the UK’s leading causes of disability, with some patients
housebound and fighting for breath, making getting out of bed or
eating a meal incredibly difficult. When we were founded in
1961, an estimated 100,000 people in the UK had heart failure.
But an ageing population and the fact that more people now
survive heart attacks mean more than 750,000 people now live
with the condition and even higher numbers are expected in We
need to spend £50million to make this a reality and currently
the resources and investment we need are simply not available.
combat this, we have today unveil