How do nerves and blood vessels interact in the ageing heart? Recent research findings from the Institute for Cardiovascular Regeneration and the Heart and Lung Institute at the Goethe University Frankfurt provide new insights into the ageing process of the heart. They have now...

Overly active immune cells are often behind lung damage in diseases such as Covid-19. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed an RNA agent for a lung spray that slows the activity of these cells, known as macrophages. A new, sugar-based transport...

The Cardiosurgical Research Group of the German Heart Centre at the Charité, led by Prof. Dr. Maximilian Emmert, presents the results of its MINOCA project in the renowned journal Circulation Research. They offer a novel simulation of myocardial infarction with non-obstructive...

Cardiologist Felix Hohendanner is using artificially generated cells to determine the best possible individual therapy for new forms of "CPVT": a treacherous disease that is often responsible for sudden cardiac death in young people.

Around one third of people with heart disease suffer from sleep problems. In a paper published in the journal Science, a team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows that heart diseases affect the production of the sleep hormone melatonin in the pineal gland. The link...

Research on Takotsubo syndrome, also known as broken heart syndrome / Heart researchers at Heidelberg University investigate an inflammatory signaling pathway in an animal model and show the damaging effect of stress hormones on the heart / In a newly established animal model of...

British and German scientists created the most comprehensive cell atlas of the human heart. As reported in the journal “Nature”, it is the first to include the cells from which the heartbeat originates. Among other things, this data will provide a reference for studies on cardiac...

Prof. Jeanette Erdmann passed away unexpectedly on 9 July 2023 at the age of 57 after a tragic fall. As the first DZHK professor, she had a major influence on the DZHK in Lübeck in particular. She was a great personality and will be missed - both professionally and personally.

For his achievements as a clinically active cardiologist and his scientific success in deciphering the genetic causes of heart attacks, Heribert Schunkert was awarded the Order of Merit by the Bavarian Minister-President on 5 July. Schunkert is Principal Investigator at the DZHK...