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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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November 2018

Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium leak contributes to arrhythmia but not to heart failure progression. Science Translational Medicine. DZHK authors:…

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Vascular research strengthened by promoting young scientists

The Medical Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich is supporting young doctors to carry out medical research by expanding its…

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Children’s heart research gets € 400,000 boost from Kinderherzen wollen leben e.V.

The German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) has received a donation of €400,000 to fund a research position that will study cardiac genetics…

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No benefits from new US blood pressure guidelines

When is high blood pressure dangerous? Medical associations offer widely differing answers. In the USA, for example, patients are seen as hypertensive…

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October 2018

Machine learning for real-time prediction of complications in critical care: a retrospective study. Lancet Resp Med. DZHK authors: Meyer, Kühne,…

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New DZHK study offers hope for people with heart failure

A new study from the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) is investigating whether a known drug could bring hope to the millions of people…

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