• "Biobanks can help you accelerate your career"

    How data and samples from the DZHK collection can help your research - Dr Wesley Abplanalp talks about this in an interview.

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  • Mission

    The most important goal of the DZHK is to make research findings available as quickly as possible to all patients in Germany and to advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease.

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26.06.2024 News >

German Heart Foundation in favour of the Healthy Heart Act

The German Heart Foundation welcomes measures to strengthen the prevention of cardiovascular diseases: previously untreated risk diseases could thus be recognised earlier.

25.06.2024 Scientific News >

3D maps of diseased tissue with subcellular precision

The freely accessible Open-ST platform developed by Prof. Dr Rajewsky's team at the MDC in Berlin can analyse any tissue and a wide variety of organisms.

24.06.2024 News >

Göttingen Collaborative Research Center 1002 ends with international symposium

After twelve years, funding for the CRC 1002 "Modulatory Units in Heart Failure" will end on 30 June 2024.

20.06.2024 Scientific News >

NutriAct nutrition study shows: Polyunsaturated fatty acids reduce abdominal fat and cardiometabolic risk

The NutriAct dietary pattern is easier to integrate into everyday life than other diets and helps to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Deadline: 28.07.2024 Event >

10th DZHK Retreat from 12-13 September in Frankfurt: Registration is open!

DZHK Principal Investigators, DZHK scientists and staff have until the end of July to register for the annual conference in Frankfurt am Main. We celebrate our 10th anniversary!

18.06.2024 Forschungsnews >

DZHK kooperiert mit Novo Nordisk bei der Erforschung von Herzmuskelerkrankungen

The aim is to better understand and treat dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). To this end, Novo Nordisk will analyse data and samples from the DZHK's TORCH registry.

14.06.2024 News >

DZHK researchers once again among the best in medicine

Among the top 100 scientists in the "Best Medicine Scientists in Germany" ranking, based on the D-Index, are 16 DZHK researchers.

 

Why clinical research is important

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