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The German Centres for Health Research (DZG) continue to grow. The six existing centres, of which the DZHK is one, are now joined by two more: the German Centre for Mental Health (DZP) and the German Centre for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ). The DZG are committed to research...

A substance can only have an impact if it reaches the place where it is supposed to be effective. In gene therapy, therapeutic agents that are intended to replace or repair "defective" genes are therefore delivered to the target site with the help of viral particles, so-called...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help prevent life-threatening complications after heart surgery. Monitoring systems based on AI are now ready to be transferred into market-ready medical products. The company x-cardiac GmbH was founded for this purpose. The AI algorithms were...

Heart problems cause disturbed gene activity in the brain’s memory center, from which cognitive deficits arise. Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and the German Center for Cardiovascular Research...

Under the direction of DZHK scientist Prof. Florian Leuschner, Managing Senior Physician at the Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology at Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD), an international research team has started a new research project. The researchers have set...

The pathological dilation of the heart muscle could have different characteristics in young patients and should therefore be treated individually. This is the result of a study conducted by the Cardio-Pulmonary Institute at the Universities of Frankfurt and Gießen. The findings...

A small, wearable heart monitor can detect atrial fibrillation in high-risk patients ten times more frequently than standard tests. This is the result of a new trans-Atlantic study involving researchers from Canada and Germany.

Cardiac arrhythmias were the most common cardiovascular problem in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. This is shown in an evaluation by scientists of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) at the Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology at Heidelberg...

Atherosclerosis, a lipid-triggered chronic inflammatory disease of our arteries, is the main cause of strokes and heart attacks. An international team of researchers led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the LMU University Hospital has developed novel synthetic...

How can doctors provide better preventive care for patients with type 2 diabetes at high cardiovascular risk? The project PräVaNet at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin is testing prevention strategies. The focus is on digital tools to constantly record blood pressure, blood...