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Cardiologist Felix Hohendanner is using artificially generated cells to determine the best possible individual therapy for new forms of "CPVT": a treacherous disease that is often responsible for sudden cardiac death in young people.

Around one third of people with heart disease suffer from sleep problems. In a paper published in the journal Science, a team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows that heart diseases affect the production of the sleep hormone melatonin in the pineal gland. The link...

Research on Takotsubo syndrome, also known as broken heart syndrome / Heart researchers at Heidelberg University investigate an inflammatory signaling pathway in an animal model and show the damaging effect of stress hormones on the heart / In a newly established animal model of...

British and German scientists created the most comprehensive cell atlas of the human heart. As reported in the journal “Nature”, it is the first to include the cells from which the heartbeat originates. Among other things, this data will provide a reference for studies on cardiac...

Prof. Jeanette Erdmann passed away unexpectedly on 9 July 2023 at the age of 57 after a tragic fall. As the first DZHK professor, she had a major influence on the DZHK in Lübeck in particular. She was a great personality and will be missed - both professionally and personally.

For his achievements as a clinically active cardiologist and his scientific success in deciphering the genetic causes of heart attacks, Heribert Schunkert was awarded the Order of Merit by the Bavarian Minister-President on 5 July. Schunkert is Principal Investigator at the DZHK...

The European Molecular Biology Organization EMBO has elected Michael Potente, Principal Investigator at the DZHK partner site in Berlin, as a new member. He is joining a community of more than 2,000 leading life scientists in Europe and beyond. Potente is Professor for...

An interdisciplinary team of clinicians and scientists has published a consensus paper recommending appropriate quantitative imaging techniques for coronary artery stenosis and atherosclerosis related treatment and procedural planning.