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New Drug Candidates for the Treatment of Heart Failure

Researchers from North Rhine-Westphalia are working on a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of heart failure as part of the recently launched HI-FIVE project. They are developing active substances that specifically inhibit an important enzyme with the aim of closing gaps in the care of patients with heart failure.

Microbiome Research: EU Network METAMIC 3 Is Looking for Doctoral Candidates

In the new EU network METAMIC 3, young scientists will be researching the role of microbiomes in the context of ‘One Health’ for their dissertations. Metaproteomics methods will be applied in this research. Furthermore, stays at various European institutions are part of the doctoral programme. The doctoral positions are now open for applications.

The Less the Better

If neutrophil granulocytes migrate into injured tissue, for example into the brain after a stroke, they can promote chronic inflammation and cause long-term damage. In order to analyze the functional dynamics of these immune cells, millions of them are needed. A group of researchers recently developed a method that enables mass spectrometric analysis with just 1,000 neutrophils.