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After a Heart Attack: Inflammation Weakens the Heart’s Energy Production

Why does heart function often continue to deteriorate after a heart attack, even though blood flow has been restored? A research team from the DZHK…

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Personalised treatment for atrial fibrillation (CLOSURE-AF-DZHK16 study)

A multicentre, randomised DZHK study led by the Deutschen Herzzentrums der Charité (DHZC) shows no benefit for high-risk patients compared with the…

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Microscopic image of a blood vessel with fibrosis after immune checkpoint deactivation, surrounded by tissue.

The impact of cancer immunotherapies on the heart

With a grant of 1.3 million euros, the Hector Foundation is supporting an interdisciplinary research project into the cardiological side effects of…

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Google supports Fabian Theis’ AI projects and opens an AI center in Berlin

On March 5, Google opened its first AI center in Germany, located in Berlin. The event was attended by representatives from politics, business, and…

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Funding for Gene Therapy Project: €1 Million for DZHK Scientists in Göttingen

DZHK scientists at Göttingen University Medical Centre (UMG) are receiving over one million euros from the zukunft.niedersachsen funding programme for…

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Illustration of an anthropomorphized elderly heart, looking tired and worn out.

A well-known protein with new significance for the ageing heart

As people age, the heart loses elasticity in many individuals. It becomes less able to relax and fill properly, even though its actual pumping…

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A man who lays his head on the pillow and suffers from loud noise.

Road noise damages the cardiovascular system after just one night

Even a single night of moderate road traffic noise at comparatively low exposure increases heart rate, is associated with changes in proteins involved…

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Gut microbes control our heart via the brain

A metabolic product produced by bacteria in our intestines controls heart function via cells in the brain. A team from the Max Delbrück Centre…

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Delirium after heart surgery: preventing complications

An analysis of around 1,604 studies spanning more than three decades shows that delirium is a clinically highly relevant complication in cardiology…

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The ARC project team: Eleven people, five men and six women, stand in front of glass walls in a modern office building. They smile at the camera and appear friendly and professionally dressed. Some wear suits or blazers, others casual business attire.

From innovation to application: New ARC Centre at Charité brings ideas into healthcare faster

With the establishment of an ARC Innovation Centre, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, which is also a member institution of the German Centre for…

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