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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...

An innovative tool for the targeted modification of gene activity in heart muscle cells could establish itself as a standard method for research into cardiovascular diseases. Dr Patrick Laurette and his colleagues at the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), led by...

People with a high level of education and a good job often have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, as a recent study from Mainz shows. What is surprising is that income appears to play a rather subordinate role. The research team argues in favour of taking social and...