News

December 2018

The Short-Chain Fatty Acid Propionate Protects from Hypertensive Cardiovascular Damage. Circulation. DZHK authors: Bartolomaeus, Balogh, Marko,…

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Funding for the development of new gene therapies for cardiovascular diseases

Faculty of Medicine and UKSH Kiel receive 1.4 million Euros research funding from the EU

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How dietary fiber and gut bacteria protect the cardiovascular system

The fatty acid propionate helps defend against the effects of high blood pressure, including atherosclerosis and heart tissue remodeling, a study on…

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Scientists grow 3D human heart muscle from skin cells

New German research shows that beating human heart muscle can be grown in a laboratory from donated skin cells. The study, published in Stem Cell…

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Members of the DZHK among the most cited researchers

In 2018, these 14 researchers of the DZHK will be among the one percent of the most cited scientists worldwide. This is the result of Clarivate…

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Breakthrough in “xenotransplantation” development

An international team headed up by researchers from Munich University Hospital (LMU), in which scientists from the DZHK were also involved, has…

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Diabetes drug could help treat heart failure

Scientists at the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) were the first to show that Empagliflozin, a diabetes drug, directly affects the…

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