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Affimed Announces Acimtamig and AlloNK® Combination Granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Designation was based on early efficacy data demonstrating an 83.3% (10/12) overall response rate and a 50% (6/12) complete response rate, with a well-managed safety profile in Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma patients MANNHEIM, Germany, Dec. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Affimed N.V. (Nasdaq: AFMD) (“Affimed”, or the “Company”), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company committed to giving patients […]

Joint research on the next generation of sun screens

The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Beiersdorf are cooperating on the development of innovative sun protection products – and are working together to educate people about effective protection against harmful UV radiation. Experts predict that climate change and the associated increase in the number of hours of sunshine will lead to a further increase […]

VERAXA Biotech and Navigo Proteins Initiate Research Collaboration to Establish Pre-Targeting Strategies for Novel Affilin Radio Conjugates

The agreement brings together Navigo Protein’s Affilin® platform with VERAXA’s proprietary click chemistry platform and conjugation expertise HEIDELBERG, and HALLE, Germany, December 12, 2024 — VERAXA Biotech AG, an emerging leader in designing novel cancer therapies, and Navigo Proteins GmbH, an innovator developing next-generation targeted radiotheranostics, announced today the initiation of a research collaboration to evaluate […]

EU-OPENSCREEN announces new service category: Chemoproteomics and Spatial MS-Based Omics

Three institutions have joined our consortium as official Chemoproteomics and Spatial Mass Spectrometry (MS)-Based Omics partner sites, enhancing the services we can offer to the research community in the areas of target identification and validation. Phil Gribbon, Director General of EU-OPENSCREEN, emphasised: “The three new chemoproteomics sites joining the EU-OPENSCREEN partner network provide a significant boost […]

Scientists Receives ERC Consolidator Grant – Funding for the Central Institute of Mental Health

An ERC Consolidator Grant will go to PD Dr Gordon Feld, who does research into sleep and memory at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim and teaches at Ruperto Carola’s Institute of Psychology. Dr Feld’s project, entitled “Tracking Memory During Sleep: Understanding How Replay of Complex Information Affects Memory and Mental Health” (MemoryTracker), […]

Chica and Heinz Schaller Award: Funding for Outstanding Biomedical Research

Prize-winner Dr Mandy Jeske receives 100,000 euros in research funding for her projects Dr Mandy Jeske is being honored by the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation for her investigations into a special class of ribonucleic acids that are of fundamental importance for genome stability during gametogenesis in animals. The scientist, who does research at the […]

Double ERC success for DKFZ researchers

With its “Consolidator Grants”, the European Research Council (ERC) supports excellent scientists in advancing their independent careers. This year, Ana Banito (Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg/German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ) and Aurélie Ernst (DKFZ) are pleased to receive the prestigious ERC funding. Ana Banito will use the two million euros in funding to find new […]

Joint research in key technologies: NMI and KIT sign cooperation agreement

The NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have signed a groundbreaking cooperation agreement. This partnership combines the expertise of both institutions in the fields of production and characterization of materials for biological systems and energy storage as well as the application of statistical methods in medicine. The collaboration […]

CRC 1249 – Funding for Collaborative Research Centre in Chemistry

The German Research Foundation providing funding of around 10,9 million euros With a Collaborative Research Centre in chemistry, Heidelberg University has been successful in the latest approval round of the German Research Foundation (DFG). The CRC 1249 “N-Heteropolycycles as Functional Materials”, where research is being carried out on novel organic compounds, is entering its third […]