Myocardial infarction causes cardiac cell death and contractile dysfunction leading to adverse patient outcomes – yet effective therapies remain lacking. Patients with heart failure suffer from major impairments in quality of life and poor long-term prognosis. Loss of...
General description: Heart pumps blood, in order to supply nutrients and oxygen to all cells, a process conducted by the vascular system. This blood vascular system is also essential for waste removal and immune surveillance. Insufficient formation of vessels, cell...
Malat1 deficiency prevents neonatal heart regeneration The adult mammalian heart has limited regenerative capacity, while the neonatal heart fully regenerates after an insult during the first week of life. In this first week, heart regeneration is mainly driven by...
Our Postdoc Emmanouil Solomonidis for receiving a research grant from the August Scheidel Foundation He received from the August Scheidel Foundation for his project on „Resident bone marrow macrophage dynamics following myocardial infarction“. The purpose of the...
Why do men die earlier than women? As they age, some men lose the Y chromosome in part of their cells. Without it, they are more susceptible to certain diseases. But does that also make them less old? According to the German Federal Statistical Office, life expectancy...
