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Diagram showing a healthy aorta, an abdominal aortic aneurysm, and a thoracic aortic aneurysm in human figures

Gene switch protects the aorta from aneurysms

 
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Diagram showing a medical process where blood is filtered with an oxygenator, pumped, treated with medication or gene therapy, and returned to the body via catheters near the kidneys.

Precise gene therapy through separate organ blood circulation

 

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Science on Friday

Scientists from the DZHK will spend an hour presenting the latest results from cardiovascular research.

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  • Berlin     HFA Winter Research Meeting on Translational Heart Failure 2026

  • Cologne     VMAC 2026 – Vascular Medicine and Atherosclerosis Congress

  • Heidelberg     The new cardiobiology: engineering, vascular, and molecular insights

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Paper of the month Award-winning DZHK publications

  • Cystine import and oxidative catabolism fuel vascular growth and repair via nutrient-responsive histone acetylation. Cell Metabolism
  • Semaglutide and Tirzepatide in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (JAMA)
  • Clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential and mortality in coronary artery disease (European Heart Journal)

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GRANTS & AWARDS Award winners, honours and personnel matters

  • Franziska Seidel
  • Franziska Hahn
  • Malte Spielmann
  • Heribert Schunkert

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