Research

Successful pilot project at Heidelberg University Hospital Regularly surveying patients about their health-related quality of life is a key aspect of patient-centred medicine. At Heidelberg University Hospital, a new digital system is being used for this purpose in a pilot project: patients complete online questionnaires on their own mobile devices, after which the data is […]

Experimentica utilizes a validated mouse model of dry eye disease. Dry eye disease-like pathology is induced using transdermal scopolamine patches in combination with desiccating environmental stress. The induced pathology is characterized using corneal fluorescein staining, tear volume measurements, and histology for lacrimal gland infiltration, goblet cell loss, and corneal abnormalities. Dry eye disease, also referred […]

Foster City, Calif., and Munich, Germany – April 7, 2026 – Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tubulis GmbH, a private Germany-based, clinical-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), building on Gilead’s oncology pipeline, focused on addressing areas of high unmet need. The acquisition significantly […]

Excessive fertilization in agriculture weakens crops, threatens drinking water quality, and harms the soil. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB are now developing an alternative fertilizer that is fully biodegradable, supplies plants exclusively with the nutrients they need, and prevents over-fertilization. More information in German below: Jahr für Jahr werden […]

Professor Dr. Jessica Hassel, Faculty of Medicine Heidelberg at Heidelberg University and Head of the Skin Cancer Center at Heidelberg University Hospital and the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg, has been awarded in the category “Clinical Research.” Professor Dr. Dr. Felix Sahm, also from the Faculty of Medicine Heidelberg, Department of Neuropathology at […]

Sanofi’s Rezurock approved in the EU to treat chronic graft-vs-host disease Paris, March 31, 2026. The European Commission has granted a conditional marketing authorisation for Rezurock (belumosudil) for the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in adults and in children aged 12 years and older with a body weight of at least 40 kg. The medicine is to […]

Anthony A. Hyman’s mandate to commence 31 March 2026 At its winter meeting, EMBL Council selected Anthony A. Hyman as EMBL’s next Director General.  “I am pleased to announce the decision by the EMBL Council to elect Anthony Hyman as future EMBL Director General,” said Peter Becker, EMBL Council Chair. “Tony witnessed the spirit of […]

First pivotal Phase III study exPDite-2 for allogeneic pluripotent stem cell therapy Bemdaneprocel initiated / Phase II gene therapy study REGENERATE-PD with AB-1005 initiated in the United Kingdom and Poland, Germany to follow soon and continuing in the US / Parkinson’s disease is the second most common and fastest growing neurodegenerative disease, affecting more than […]

State of Baden-Württemberg funds the intensifying of existing cooperative relations with ten million euros On the basis of the cooperative relations that have developed over time, Heidelberg University and Harvard University are going to deepen and expand their cooperation. Prof. Dr Alan M. Garber, President of Harvard University, and Prof. Dr Frauke Melchior, Rector of […]