Research

Mirco Julian Friedrich from the DKFZ, HI-STEM* and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) was included in the renowned Forbes ‘30 Under 30 Europe’ list in the Science & Healthcare category. The physician and cancer researcher, who has headed the Haematology and Immune Engineering junior research group since this year, initially developed successful approaches to reactivate the […]

Scientists from the Faculty of Medicine at Heidelberg University, the University of Mainz, the SAFE Leibniz Institute Frankfurt, the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and Stanford University, USA, have examined Welsh health data on older people. They found that over a seven-year follow-up period, people who received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely […]

Heidelberg, Germany, April 7th, 2025. BioMed X, an independent biomedical research institute based in Heidelberg, Germany, has announced the launch of its XBridge Program, a fast-track initiative designed to support U.S.-based biomedical researchers impacted by the current NIH funding gaps, hiring freezes, and grant terminations. The program offers a pathway for affected principal investigators in all […]

The Medical Faculty Heidelberg of Heidelberg University and Mannheim University of Applied Sciences are combining their expertise in infectious disease research, mass spectrometry, and bioinformatics to overcome resistance in malaria vectors. The project is supported by funding from the Gates Foundation. Mosquito nets treated with insecticides are the most effective measure for preventing malaria. However, […]

Metastatic breast cancer requires complex and lengthy treatment, the side effects of which affect the quality of life of patients. These often include sexual problems. In a large international randomized exercise intervention trial, researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the NCT Heidelberg have now shown that women who received a nine-month supervised […]

The 2023/24 Meyenburg Prize, endowed with 50,000 euros, goes to Michel Sadelain of Columbia University, New York. The physician and immunologist is considered one of the fathers of CAR-T cell therapy. This cellular immunotherapy can be used to effectively treat certain blood cancers, even in advanced stages. The Meyenburg Prize will be awarded on Wednesday, […]

An electric car costs more than a comparable combustion engine because the battery is so expensive. And hardly any model gets as far on one charge as an average car on one tank of gas. Batene GmbH, a spin-off from the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, wants to change this. The start-up is developing […]

One of the most modern methods for diagnosing lung cancer is now available in the Thorax Clinic at Heidelberg University Hospital – robot-assisted bronchoscopy. With the steerable robotic catheter, small and unfavorably located abnormalities in the lung tissue can be reached more easily than before. The clinic is therefore ideally equipped for the start of […]

Heidelberg biochemists and structural biologists from Shanghai decode the work of two control factors in mRNA splicing Two molecular control factors play a decisive role in what is known as splicing, the cutting and assembly of mature messenger RNA – a prerequisite for protein synthesis in the cell. The poorly characterized factors are crucial to […]