Research

Revealing a new layer in lung cancer diagnostics using direct RNA sequencing HEIDELBERG, Germany, December 16, 2025 – Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH, a pioneer in harnessing blood-based small RNAs for early disease detection and characterization, today announced the publication of a new study in Nature Communications Medicine introducing an Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT)-based method for detecting small RNA […]

Tenderness can literally get under your skin: An international research group led by Heidelberg University’s Medical Faculty and Heidelberg University Hospital has found that small skin wounds heal significantly faster in couples who are particularly affectionate with each other in everyday life and who also receive the hormone oxytocin. At the same time, they had […]

Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) is the first academic institution in Germany to receive a hospital exemption permit from the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) for the manufacture and use of a novel cell product for the treatment of blood cancer. The drug “Heidagen-lecleucel” consists of modified, patient-specific immune cells known as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T […]

Sanofi’s efdoralprin alfa earns orphan designation in the EU for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency related emphysema Paris, December 17, 2025. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted orphan designation to efdoralprin alfa (SAR447537, formerly known as INBRX-101), an investigational recombinant human alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT)-Fc fusion protein, for the potential treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) related […]

It’s now official: the alliance between the two university hospitals in Heidelberg and Mannheim can start as planned on January 1 and begin its work. Press release from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts. Full Text in German below. Verträge zum Klinikverbund Heidelberg-Mannheim unterzeichnet Nun ist es offiziell: Der Verbund zwischen den […]

Persistent inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, chronic rhinosinusitis, is a common comorbidity in cystic fibrosis and significantly impairs quality of life. The working group led by Dr. Niclas Hagen, Institute for Medical Informatics at Heidelberg University’s Faculty of Medicine and Heidelberg University Hospital, is currently developing a method that uses AI to contribute to the […]

In March 2026, Kevin Jahnke will establish a research group on ‘Biomembrane Engineering’ at the new Heilbronn site of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research. Its focus will be on engineering synthetic lipid nano- and microstructures, with the aim of investigating the biophysics of both cells and lipid vesicles.  Connecting biophysical insights with biotechnological […]

Researchers at the Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Heidelberg Medical Faculty (MFHD) of Heidelberg University, and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) have taken a decisive step toward more precise diagnosis of brain tumors. The latest version of the internationally used AI-based Heidelberg CNS Tumor Methylation Classifier can identify […]

The Christiane Herzog Foundation has honored the Cystic Fibrosis Center at the Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine and the Cystic Fibrosis Outpatient Clinic at the Thorax Clinic as the “Christiane Herzog Center.” With this award, the foundation recognizes the exceptional commitment and high level of expertise in the care of patients with cystic fibrosis […]