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GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced the authorisation of Blenrep by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). In the UK, Blenrep is approved for the treatment of adults with multiple myeloma in combination with bortezomib plus dexamethasone (BVd) in patients who have received at least one prior therapy, and in combination with pomalidomide plus dexamethasone (BPd) in […]

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 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, […]

Germany’s most important award for young scientists honors the development of immunotherapies against malignant brain tumors. Using immune cells to fight brain tumors – that is the goal of Lukas Bunse, who is this year’s recipient of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize from the German Research Foundation (DFG). The physician and scientist is being honored for […]

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 […]

In recognition of his fundamental contributions to the understanding of gene regulation by RNA-binding proteins and the identification of RNA-binding proteins, Prof. Dr. Matthias Hentze is awarded the Otto Warburg Medal 2025 of the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. More Information in German below. Otto-Warburg-Medaille 2025 geht an Matthias Hentze In Anerkennung seiner fundamentalen […]

(Stuttgart, 26.03.2025)  Daten retten Leben. Denn mit neuen Technologien und mit der Unterstützung von Künstlicher Intelligenz lassen sich riesige Mengen medizinischer Daten verlässlicher als je zuvor auswerten. So können Krankheiten frühzeitiger erkannt und behandelt werden. Dazu aber gilt es, die Daten optimal miteinander zu vernetzen, damit Ärztinnen, Ärzte, Kliniken und Pflegende ihre Patientinnen und Patienten bestmöglich […]

miR-Blood is capable of revealing highly cell-type specific patterns of small RNA expression HEIDELBERG, Germany, March 06, 2024 – Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH, a leader in using blood-based small RNAs for early disease detection and characterization, today announced a publication in Scientific Data, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal launched by Nature. The study evaluated miR-Blood, Hummingbird Diagnostics’ […]