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Heidelberg 9. April 2025: Mehr als 1000 Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer aus dem Biotech-Sektor sind heute in Heidelberg zu ihrer jährlichen Konferenz, den Deutschen Biotechnologietagen, eingetroffen. Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmer, Wissenschaftler sowie Vertreterinnen und Vertreter aus Politik, Administration und Medien tauschen sich hier für zwei Tage über die neuesten Entwicklungen in der Branche und die Rahmenbedingungen für […]

Scientists from the Faculty of Medicine at Heidelberg University, the University of Mainz, the SAFE Leibniz Institute Frankfurt, the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and Stanford University, USA, have examined Welsh health data on older people. They found that over a seven-year follow-up period, people who received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely […]

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 Medical Faculty Heidelberg of Heidelberg University and Mannheim University of Applied Sciences are combining their expertise in infectious disease research, mass spectrometry, and bioinformatics to overcome resistance in malaria vectors. The project is supported by funding from the Gates Foundation. Mosquito nets treated with insecticides are the most effective measure for preventing malaria. However, […]

Metastatic breast cancer requires complex and lengthy treatment, the side effects of which affect the quality of life of patients. These often include sexual problems. In a large international randomized exercise intervention trial, researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the NCT Heidelberg have now shown that women who received a nine-month supervised […]

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 […]