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DZHK study: a better quality of life for patients with artificial hearts

The number of patients with an artificial heart has drastically risen in the last ten years. This affects several thousand people in Germany alone.…

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May 2017

Functional Characterization of the GUCY1A3 Coronary Artery Disease Risk Locus, Circulation, doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.024152, DZHK authors:…

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Every heart is different – researchers clarify why

Strong or weak, big or small – variations in our genome play a decisive part in how our heart is shaped and works. Scientists of the German Centre for…

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Inhibitory signal pathways identified

LMU researchers led by Christian Weber (Principle Investigator at the DZHK) show that the chemokine receptor CXCR4 protects the integrity of arterial…

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