British personalities including Dame Dame Judi Dench, Dame Joanna Lumley and Carol Royle have joined forces with Animal Free Research UK and the University of Nottingham, to help combat cardiac fibrosis through medical research which doesn't use animal testing.

Dench commented 'Animal Free Research UK is funding innovative researchers at the University of Nottingham to develop cutting edge "mini hearts" to help find new treatments and protect those with cardiac fibrosis, while replacing animals in research. This research is truly set to heal broken hearts'.