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Characteristics of heart failure: Charité gains new Collaborative Research Center

In patients with heart failure, the heart can no longer pump a sufficient volume of blood around the body. Treatment options for a specific type of…

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Jeanette Erdmann receives BIH Prize for Gender Research in Biomedicine

Prof. Jeanette Erdmann from the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the University of Lübeck receives the "BIH Excellence Award for…

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Drinking alcohol to stay healthy? Study refutes decades of this assumption.

The past studies situation was paradoxical: According to the finding, people who did not drink alcohol at all were to have a shorter life expectancy…

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Stabilizing the heart rhythm early in all types of atrial fibrillation (Study EAST – AFNET 4)

Patients with atrial fibrillation should start therapy that controls the heart rhythm as early as possible after diagnosis: This applies to different…

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17 DZHK researchers are among the most cited scientists worldwide

Among the most influential researchers worldwide are 17 scientists from the DZHK: Their work has been cited particularly often by specialist…

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Loss of control in heart muscle cells - disease-causing mechanisms in dilated cardiomyopathy discovered

Titin is the largest protein in the human body which, as an elastic structural element, takes on a central role in muscle fibers. Mutations in the…

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Blood clot blockers

LMU medical specialists led by Christian Weber propose treatment for rare, life-threatening complication from Astra-Zeneca vaccine.

 

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Alexander Bartelt receives research award from the German Obesity Society

Fat cells are much more than simply a calorie storage for scarce times. DZHK scientist Alexander Bartelt studies the role of healthy fat cells in…

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Mechanism deciphered: How the coronavirus damages blood vessels in the brain.

The coronavirus not only affects the lungs and respiratory tract but also influences other organs. In a study recently published in the journal Nature…

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