An open-source platform developed by researchers in Nikolaus Rajewsky’s lab at the Max Delbrück Center creates molecular maps from patient tissue samples with subcellular precision, enabling detailed study and potentially enhancing routine clinical pathology. The study was...

After twelve years, funding for the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1002 "Modulatory Units in Heart Failure", which is based at the Heart Centre of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), will end on 30 June 2024. New diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for the...

Current results from the "NutriAct" competence cluster for nutrition research show that a dietary pattern with a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids reduces visceral fat tissue independently of weight loss and thus improves the cardiometabolic risk in older people. The...

The German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the Heidelberg University Hospital have entered into a research collaboration with Novo Nordisk to understand and treat dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). This severe heart disease often leads to heart failure. The project...

Higher levels of the sweetener xylitol in the blood are associated with a significantly increased risk of serious heart disease and strokes. This is the conclusion of a study by the Cleveland Clinic in the USA, which has now been published in the ‘European Heart Journal’. First...

The blood marker troponin is also suitable for better recognising an acute heart attack in patients with an acute stroke. This is shown by the PRAISE study jointly funded by the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases...

The German Center for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine (DZKJ) will become a new partner of the German Centers for Health Research (DZG) from June 1, 2024. This expands the number of DZG centers to eight. The aim of the German Centers for Health Research is to combat...

Improving the outcome of patients after a heart attack is one of the major challenges of cardiology. This includes a comprehensive understanding of the pathophysiology and early detection of those patients who have a high risk of an unfavorable outcome. Researchers at LMU...