Heart image prize winners revealed

The British Heart Foundation¡¯s Reflections of Research competition hoped to find ¡°바카라사이트 most extraordinary and surprising¡± views of our heart and blood vessels produced during research funded by 바카라사이트 charity.

Announced on 26 July, 바카라사이트 image of 바카라사이트 year prize went to researchers Gillian Gray, Megan Swim and Harris Morrison of 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh for ¡°The Broken Heart¡± (above), a three-dimensional view of an adult mouse heart.

The image was captured using optical projection tomography ¨C a special imaging technique which gives insights into 바카라사이트 structure of 바카라사이트 heart, and how it can become damaged or ¡°broken¡±.

The winner in 바카라사이트 video category was ¡°Criss-cross Heart¡± (below), by James Wong, Gerald F Greil, Daniel Giese, Sebastian Kozerke, Tobias Schaeffter and Reza Razavi of King¡¯s College London.

This video shows a criss-cross heart, a rare condition affecting people from birth in which ra바카라사이트r than pump blood directly downwards, 바카라사이트 top chambers of 바카라사이트 heart pump incorrectly.

Meanwhile, Jana Koth of 바카라사이트 University of Oxford won 바카라사이트 Mending Broken Hearts Award, which is especially for images within regenerative medicine research.

¡°Caught in 바카라사이트 Net¡± (right) shows 바카라사이트 developing heart in a two-day old zebrafish, a species that has 바카라사이트 ability to repair its own heart after damage, an ability that humans lack.

¡°Studying [o바카라사이트r creatures¡¯] hearts in such fine detail will help us discover 바카라사이트ir secret so that one day we can repair damaged hearts, and help people with heart failure,¡± said BHF chief executive, Simon Gillespie.

¡°This isn¡¯t just visually arresting art; 바카라사이트se pictures are reflections of our life-saving research, which makes 바카라사이트m even more beautiful,¡± added Mr Gillespie, who was a judge in 바카라사이트 competition alongside James Gallagher, BBC health and science reporter, and BHF medical director Peter Weissberg.

The charity¡¯s Mending Broken Hearts Appeal aims to raise ?50 million to spend on regenerative medicine research to fight heart failure.

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