Research

Motion patterns help the transition between tissue compartments – explanation for asymmetry in the body plan of the pathogen With victims numbering in the millions, malaria is an infectious disease caused by the bite of a mosquito carrying the malaria parasite. After penetrating the skin, the pathogen moves with helical trajectories. It almost always turns […]

HEILBRONN, Germany and BOSTON, Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — ProtaGene, a leading global contract research organization (CRO) dedicated to advanced analytics for biologics and cell and gene therapies, today announced additional investment from Ampersand Capital Partners. Given the critical importance of advanced bioanalytics and product characterization for developing increasingly complex therapeutics, Ampersand has invested nearly $40 million within the past year […]

Physician and cancer researcher Mirco Julian Friedrich from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the stem cell research institute HI-STEM*, and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) has received two awards for two independent research projects: The Beug Foundation has honored his novel approach to preventing liver metastases with the Metastasis Prize 2025. The Kind-Philipp Research Prize […]

Ladenburg, Germany, 24 November 2025 – Heidelberg Pharma AG (FSE: HPHA), a clinical stage biotech company developing innovative Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs), today announced that the Supervisory Board has revoked the appointment of Professor Andreas Pahl as member of the Executive Management Board and Chief Executive Officer, and has instead appointed Dr Dongzhou Jeffery Liu as Chairman […]

Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent approved as the first targeted medicine in the EU in over a decade for chronic spontaneous urticaria Paris and Tarrytown, NY, November 25, 2025. The European Commission has approved Dupixent (dupilumab) for the treatment of moderate-to-severe chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) in adult and adolescent patients 12 years and above with inadequate response […]

It has only recently become known that two parallel systems of blood formation exist in the body, originating from different precursor cells. Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have developed a method to examine both systems separately in mice for the first time. Their surprising finding: the majority of immune cells do not […]

International research prize goes to immunologist Jan Rehwinkel as nominated by Ruperto Carola In order to boost the research field of immunology as a key biomedical discipline at Heidelberg University, Prof. Dr Jan Rehwinkel is receiving a Humboldt Professorship worth five million euros. Leading international academics are granted such a professorship to encourage them to […]

Researchers have visualized, in unprecedented detail, how a large RNA molecule assembles itself into a functional machine RNA is a central biological molecule, now widely harnessed in medicine and nanotechnology. Like proteins, RNA often gets its function from its three-dimensional structure. A recent study in Nature Communications has captured, for the first time, a ribozyme in motion […]

A key factor in the success of an organ transplant is the condition of the donated organ at the time of implantation. Preserving the organ prior to transplantation using machine perfusion plays a crucial role in this process. This procedure has now been implemented particularly efficiently at Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD): as part of a […]