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After a heart attack or unstable angina pectoris, antiplatelet treatment with prasugrel is better for patients than with ticagrelor. This is the unexpected result of ISAR-REACT 5, an industry-independent study funded by the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the...

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A German and British research team lead by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has examined the interplay between genetics, cardiovascular disease and educational attainment in a major population study. Genetic variants which had been linked to educational attainment in...

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Induced pluripotent stem cells, iPSC for short, are a promising way to overcome the lack of human donor organs. Like embryonic stem cells, iPSC are able to transform into any body cell. Professor Dr. Sonja Schrepfer, scientist at the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research...

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IPEK group leader Alexander Bartelt studies metabolic processes in brown adipose tissue. He has now received a prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for a project on the role of muscle cells in metabolic homeostasis.

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