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Non-viral platform for efficient drug transfer to facilitate clinical developments Heidelberg, 15.01.2025 – PROGEN, leading manufacturer of Adeno-Associated-Virus (AAV) analytical tools for gene therapy research and development, announces the launch of LNPs for the versatile delivery of therapeutic agents into cells. In the past decade, PROGEN has driven progress in gene therapy by providing reliable […]

EMBL and ELLIS deepen relationship to drive artificial intelligence (AI) in European life science research, training, and technology A new collaborative agreement aims to help position Europe at the forefront of AI-driven advancements in life sciences research. The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) have agreed […]

(Berlin – 16. Dezember 2024) Die jährliche Trendumfrage des Biotechnologie-Branchenverbands, BIO Deutschland e. V., zeigt, dass die Unternehmen ihre aktuelle und zukünftige Situation wieder etwas besser bewerten als noch im Vorjahr. Die Indices für die aktuelle und zukünftige Geschäftslage, das aktuelle politische Klima, zukünftige Investitionen in Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) und die Beschäftigungslage steigen oder […]

The curATime cluster is one of 14 pioneering “Clusters4Future” initiatives funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Its mission is to promote personalized approaches to combat atherothrombosis-related diseases and to establish the Rhine-Main-Palatinate region as an international driver of innovation. For the planned second implementation phase, the cluster is seeking new […]

Heidelberg, Germany, 19.12.2024 – RHEACELL today received approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its blinded, multi-centric Phase-3 trial (NCT06489028) evaluating allo-APZ2-CVU in patients with chronic venous ulcers (CVU). The pivotal trial will be conducted at more than 100 sites and is expected to enroll 250 patients, starting enrollment in Europe in Q1 2025. […]

Victoria Stodden, statistician and associate professor at the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California, has been selected to receive a prestigious Humboldt Research Award. Granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the award is bestowed on internationally leading researchers in recognition of outstanding academic achievements. A […]

EMBL’s scientists have been instrumental in helping the world understand, decode, archive, and manipulate genomes at scale and across many branches of the evolutionary tree By Ewan Birney, Eileen Furlong, and Arnaud Krebs In 1978, British biochemist Frederick Sanger’s team released the genome sequence of ϕX174 – a virus that infects bacteria. The sequence – the […]

From January 1, 2025, Roman Sarott and his research group “Chemically Induced Proximity” will develop small molecules with special function: they are designed to induce new interactions between proteins in order to reprogram cellular signaling pathways and thereby open up new therapeutic possibilities. “I am very much looking forward to my new role at the […]

Clinical medicine internationally in 17th position – medical technology ranks 16th worldwide With medical technology and clinical medicine, Heidelberg University is among the best representatives of the medical sciences worldwide. In the 2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, medical technology ranks 16th internationally, which means second place in Germany. Clinical medicine moves up one place […]