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Why not just cut up the virus and render it harmless in this way? That is the idea for a new type of antiviral therapy. The first results in the Petri…

If the “ecosystem” of the intestinal bacteria, the so-called microbiome, is changed by drugs, this can have good and bad consequences. Researchers…

Even at a distance of three meters, it takes less than five minutes for an unvaccinated person standing in the breath of a Covid-19-infected person to…

Should the tricuspid valve be treated at the same time as the mitral valve reconstruction? In cases of mild tricuspid valve insufficiency, cardiac…

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction was previously considered largely untreatable. An MDC team led by Professor Michael Gotthardt has now…

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…

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

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…

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

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