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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’ […]

Third funding phase for collaboration between research and industry – BMBF funds five-year project with ten million euros The goal of the interdisciplinary research campus “Mannheim Molecular Intervention Environment” (M²OLIE) is to provide tailored treatment for cancer patients with oligometastases that is both minimally invasive and efficient. Based at the Mannheim University Hospital, 25 research […]

Today, we announced that our company won two awards from the annual CDMO Leadership Awards, sponsored by Outsourced Pharma and Life Science Connect. AGC Biologics was named a winner in both the “Biologics – Global” and “Cell & Gene – Global” categories and is one of the few in the industry that scored high enough […]

Basel, Switzerland, 12 March 2025 – Celonic Group, a Swiss-Based Quality contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced that it is integrating Merck’s Breez™ micro-bioreactor platform into its process development. This addition will further enhance Celonic’s capabilities in monoclonal antibody (mAb) development and manufacturing by enabling highly efficient, scalable perfusion-based bioprocessing from early-stage development to […]

Together with the Max Planck Society, the foundation promotes pioneering research and talent in Heilbronn The Max Planck Society and the Dieter Schwarz Foundation (DSS) have embarked on a groundbreaking initiative. On March 13, 2025, they signed an agreement through which the foundation will support an innovative approach by the Max Planck Institute for Medical […]

The US magazine “Newsweek” has once again named Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) one of the best hospitals in the world. In the “World’s Best Hospitals 2025” ranking, which is compiled by “Newsweek” in collaboration with the statistics and data platform “Statista”, the UKHD ranks 14th out of 2,400 hospitals worldwide. In Germany, the UKHD is […]

The Bayer Foundation’s Early Excellence in Science Award 2024 in the category of Data Science goes to Ivana Winkler of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ). Winkler’s work uncovered the unexpected effect of female reproductive capacity: the constantly recurring remodeling of the organs of the female reproductive tract during the sexual cycle leads to fibrosis […]

This year, the most highly endowed award in the neurosciences and neuromedical research honors pioneering work on the interactions between the nervous system and brain tumors: Neurologist Frank Winkler, who conducts research at the University of Heidelberg and at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and treats patients with brain tumors at Heidelberg University Hospital, […]

Nicht nur in der Versorgung, sondern auch in der Wirtschaft fehlen Fachkräfte in der Gesundheitsindustrie. Bei einer Podiumsdiskussion am 11. März 2025, die am Vortag der Jobmesse T5 in Stuttgart stattfindet, will das Forum Gesundheitsstandort Baden-Württemberg zu den Themen Fachkräfte gewinnen, Wirtschaft stärken und Gesundheit fördern diskutieren. Ob Medizintechnik, Pharma oder Biotechnologie – Baden-Württemberg ist […]