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Smartwatches have long been able to record electrocardiograms (ECGs) and send warnings in the event of an irregular heart rhythm such as atrial fibrillation. Now a team of cardiologists from the Cardiopraxis Mainz and the Department of Cardiology of the University Medical Center...

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Two specific cell types in the nose have been identified as likely initial infection points for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Using data from the Human Cell Atlas, scientists discovered that goblet and ciliated cells in the nose have high levels of the entry...

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Prof. Stefanie Dimmeler will start as the new spokesperson of the Board of Directors at the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK). She takes office in December 2020. Dimmeler succeeds Prof. Thomas Eschenhagen, who will retire from the Board of Directors at the end of...

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ACE2 is a protein on the surface of cells and serves as an entry portal for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. A Frankfurt research group was able to show that ACE2 is significantly elevated in tissue samples from patients with cardiovascular diseases.

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The German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) is participating in the Lean European Survey on SARS-CoV-2 Infected Patients (LEOSS) together with the German Centres for Health Research. LEOSS is a Europe-wide clinical case register in which clinical data of patients with a...

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