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Oscillations determine whether blood vessels grow thicker or branch

As blood vessels grow, the cells that compose them must make a choice between forming side-branches or expanding the vessel surface and increasing its…

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March 2016

Intestinal Congestion and Right Ventricular Dysfunction: A Link with Appetite Loss, Inflammation, and Cachexia in Chronic Heart Failure, Eur Heart J.…

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Jeanette Schulz-Menger becomes President of the global SCMR

Jeanette Schulz-Menger (DZHK-PI) already heads the research group “Cardio-MRT” at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) and the…

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February 2016

FoxO1 Couples Metabolic Activity and Growth State in the Vascular Endothelium. Nature (2016), DZHK authors: Braun, Rajewski, Gerhardt, Potente

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January 2016

Critical Role of RAGE and HMGB1 in Inflammatory Heart Disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015…

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DZHK provides research funds for jobs for refugee scientists

The German Centre for Cardiovascular Disease wants to offer people who have been forced to flee their home countries jobs in research quickly and…

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Sudden cardiac death: large study to improve risk assessment

One of the most common causes of sudden cardiac death in young people is a genetic condition known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). However, it…

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Too much Salt in Food can push the Immune System out of Equilibrium

Too much salt in food can influence the immune system. In a study published recently in the Journal of Clinical Investigation*, the DZHK researchers…

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Markers for myocardial infarction may be elevated after extreme exercise – without infarction

Investigators evaluate over 45 studies and test themselves in an experiment.

When a person passes out after strenuous physical activity, doctors…

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Lights on in the Heart

Electrical signals in the heart are responsible for regulating its pumping action. Investigators from the German Center for Cardiovascular Research…

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