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SUMMARY:SciBarHealth: Heart Month - Dr Sanjay Sinha and Dr Thomas Krieg
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DESCRIPTION:Join us from 6.30pm (talks start at 7pm) on Tuesday\, 13th Feb
 ruary at Revolution Bar and Restaurant\, Downing Street\, Cambridge CB2 3D
 S (opposite the side entrance to John Lewis) for another special SciBarHea
 lth event hosted by Cambridge British Science Association and Cambridge Un
 iversity Health Partners to mark Heart Month. SciBar brings interesting\, 
 topical areas of science to the general public with scientific talks follo
 wed by lively discussion. The British Heart Foundation will have a stand a
 t the event - come along and talk to them from 6.30pm.\n\nThese events are
  eminently suitable for the layperson\, so even if you only have a vague i
 nterest in the heart\, do please join us - you will be made very welcome!\
 n\n\n\nSciBarHealth Heart\nWe have two speakers eminent in their fields: D
 r Thomas Krieg\, a University Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology and Honora
 ry Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine at Addenbrooke’s Hospital\, wh
 o will be talking about “Finding new treatments for heart attack and str
 oke”: during a heart attack or stroke\, the fate of the tissue is determ
 ined by mechanisms at the mitochondria\, the powerhouses of the cell. Toge
 ther with scientists from Cambridge\, Dr Krieg found ways to protect mitoc
 hondria against the loss of oxygen during a heart attack or stroke\, and u
 ltimately to prevent the development of heart failure or disability. He wi
 ll explain the underlying mechanisms of these devastating diseases as well
  as giving an insight in the work of his group in drug development.\n\n\nD
 r Sanjay Sinha is a British Heart Foundation Senior Research Fellow at the
  University of Cambridge\, part of the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Cou
 ncil Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and a Honorary Consultant in Cardiology
  at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. The title of his talk will be "Mending a bro
 ken heart". He is interested in whether human pluripotent stem cells can b
 e used to develop new treatments for heart disease and will initially disc
 uss the challenges of heart failure and the worldwide efforts to regenerat
 e damaged heart muscle. He will then explain his group’s work on how hum
 an pluripotent stem cell-derived cells may be used to ‘mend a broken hea
 rt’\, either by direct injection or by generating a vascularised next-ge
 neration tissue patch.\n\nEntry is FREE and refreshments and dinner(!) are
  available to purchase at the bar. Attendees frequently have a drink and d
 inner on their laps\, whilst listening to the talks\, so please arrive ear
 ly enough to order!\n\nAfter each talk (which lasts about half an hour) th
 ere is an opportunity for you to ask questions.\n\nPlease note that there 
 are stairs at the venue so it is unfortunately unsuitable for those who ma
 y have mobility problems.\n\nPlease pre-book your place - limited tickets 
 available on the door.\nhttps://scibarhealthheart2018.eventbrite.co.uk
LOCATION:Revolution Cambridge CB2 3DS
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