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As a Swiss foundation with German roots and an international focus, the Kühne Foundation aims to provide knowledge and education for responsible globalization. As a Swiss foundation with German roots and an international focus, the Kühne Foundation aims to provide knowledge and education for responsible globalization. In an exclusive interview

The second edition of the summer school “Training in Genetic Epidemiology“held on the Medizincampus in Davos closed on June 15, 2024. This pleasant and successful event focused on the generation, pre-processing, and analysis of whole genome sequencing data. As intended, the course was very lively due to the discussions between

Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation is increasingly used instead of surgical valve replacement, but evidence comparing the two approaches in clinical practice is limited. New research findings are summarized in a short video. The video can be found here: https://www.nejm.org/do/10.1056/NEJMdo007487/

Step-changing study funded by the Kühne Foundation in the field of cardiology A study published in the renowned New England Journal of Medicine shows that that overall mortality and the development of strokes after minimally invasive catheter-assisted treatment of aortic valve stenosis (TAVI) is about half that of surgical aortic

Scientists of the Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium under the auspices of the Department of Cardiology at the University Heart & Vascular Center of the Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and participation of Cardio-CARE have shown that the five classic cardiovascular risk factors overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, and diabetes

Can Genomics Stop the World’s Leading Cause of Death? Read the article on Illuminas website: Can Genomics Stop the World’s Leading Cause of Death? (illumina.com)