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Entering the second phase with new funding: curATime advances personalised medicine for cardiovascular diseases

The curATime cluster for atherothrombosis and individualised medicine, developed jointly by TRON gGmbH, Mainz University Medical Centre, a member…

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Atrial fibrillation: reduction and precise quantification

As part of an international research collaboration, the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) is investigating key mechanisms of atrial…

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Hector Science Prize for leading researcher Stefanie Dimmeler

Biologist and biochemist Stefanie Dimmeler, professor at Goethe University, spokesperson for the Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI) Cluster of…

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Unrecognised risks: the genetic side of heart disease

In this interview, Prof. Sabine Klaassen from the DZHK site in Berlin explains why genetic diagnostics are becoming increasingly important and why…

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How cellular metabolism controls the development and ageing of the heart

DZHK study discovers new link between metabolism, epigenetics and heart function

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Heart failure: Influence of environmental exposures previously underestimated

A review study by Mainz University Medical Center shows how environmental and living conditions shape the development and progression of heart…

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Genetics strengthens follow-up care after cardiac arrest

Better quality of life and improved care after cardiac arrest: the Innovation Committee of the Joint Federal Committee (G-BA) has selected a…

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Innovative imaging makes early heart disease visible through the skin

Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed “fast-RSOM”, a new imaging technology that can capture…

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Heart health under pressure: environmental pollution as a global risk factor

Joint statement by leading heart societies

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Illustration of a heart with puzzle pieces missing, intertwined with a DNA strand.

Spatial organisation of genetic material influences heart disease

In a joint study conducted by the DZHK sites in Heidelberg, Munich and Göttingen, researchers are deciphering how the spatial organisation of the…

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