High blood pressure is the most common cause of stroke and heart attacks. Other organs, such as the kidneys or eyes can also suffer long-term damage if blood pressure is too high. However, patients have a good chance of bringing their high blood pressure back to normal and thus...

DZHK scientists in Mainz have confirmed this assumption in both mice and humans. If humans and animals were exposed to noise pollution in the past, a heart attack suffered later in life healed more poorly.

A team of researchers from the German Institute for Nutritional Research (DIfE) has shown in an 8-week pilot study that a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids and proteins, combined with regular exercise, can have a positive effect on inflammation in older people. The results have...

Evolutionarily young miniproteins are unique in humans, and researchers have recently discovered thousands of them. Writing in Molecular Cell, Norbert Hübner and colleagues from the BIH and other institutions describe the origins of these tiny proteins and explain that they...

Four teams of leading scientists from the UK, Germany and the Netherlands will collaborate on projects to accelerate progress in the detection and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The British Heart Foundation (BHF), the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and...

Magnetocardiography is a simple and safe examination of the heart. It does not currently play an important role in cardiology. However, this could change: a recently published study from the German Heart Centre at the Charité shows that the method could play an important role...

The so-called "gene scissors" CRISPR/Cas9 can be used to specifically modify DNA: Researchers worldwide hope to be able to use it to better combat cancer and hereditary diseases such as congenital heart defects. Scientists at Heidelberg University have now succeeded in optimizing...

For young researchers, leading their junior research group is an important step towards scientific independence. Heart-lung specialist Dr. Jana Grune of the German Heart Center at Charité in Berlin and molecular biologist Dr. Pieterjan Dierickx from the Max Planck Institute for...

A DZHK research team at the University Medical Center Mainz has discovered a new signaling pathway of the coagulation system that controls scar formation after a heart attack. If this signaling pathway could be inhibited, heart attacks could heal with less subsequent damage.

Prof. Benjamin Meder has accepted the call to the W3 professorship "Precision Digital Health" at Heidelberg University. Within the framework of the research professorship, his focus is on molecular and digital biomarkers, the use of artificial intelligence in everyday clinical...