News

August 2018

Crucial role for Nox2 and sleep deprivation in aircraft noise-induced vascular and cerebral oxidative stress, inflammation, and gene regulation.…

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DZHK researchers receive Leducq funding

Jeanette Erdmann (DZHK partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck), Michael Joner and Heribert Schunkert (both DZHK partner site Munich) are members of a…

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Security millimetre wave body scanner safe for patients with pacemakers and defibrillators

Body scanners used for security checks are safe for patients with pacemakers and defibrillators, according to late breaking research presented today…

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Air pollution leads to cardiovascular diseases

Air pollution, and fine dust in particular, is responsible for more than four million deaths each year. Almost 60 per cent of deaths occur as a result…

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Important for bypass patients: Drug-eluting stents are not superior to bare-metal stents long-term

If several coronary vessels are dangerously narrowed, patients are often treated with a bypass operation. In other words, vascular grafts are…

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DZHK partner site Munich receives Leducq funding for atherosclerosis research

An international consortium including researchers from Munich's DZHK has been awarded 6 million dollars from the French-American Leducq Foundation.…

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