High honor for Berlin heart researcher

Gabriele Schiattarella researches the mechanisms of heart muscle weakness at the Max Delbrück Center and Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC). Now the International Society for Heart Research, a highly respected professional society, has named…

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V Edition Zendal Awards!

These awards recognize outstanding research and innovation in biotechnology and health, rewarding top projects in human and animal health. This year, the prize money is €40,000 for human health and €25,000 for animal health.Applications deadline:…

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Sharpening the gene scissors together

The Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, and the biotech company AlgenScribe from Nice have agreed to cooperate to further develop their gene-editing tools. The aim is to utilize synergies, accelerate research, and ultimately develop cell therapies for…

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Proteins in the blood can predict the risk of developing more than 60 diseases

A new collaborative study by researchers from the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH), Queen Mary University of London, University College London, University of Cambridge and the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) shows that…

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Robotics in care: Pilot study on interaction with social robot Pepper

How can social robots be effectively integrated into everyday care to improve the supervision and support of senior citizens? The results of a current study at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) should shed light on…

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HIV cured at Charité: the next Berlin patient

Team from Charité succeeds again in apparently fully eliminating HIV from a patient’s body

He went down in medical history: the “Berlin Patient,” the first person in the world to be cured of HIV, following a stem cell transplant at Charité –…

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A vast viral world in wastewater

Deep metagenomic sequencing of wastewater in Berlin over 17 months shows this technique could help forecast disease outbreaks and monitor the spread of human pathogens. It can also reveal thousands of novel viruses, according to a study by the…

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Understanding the roots of chronic pain

Researchers in Gary Lewin’s lab at the Max Delbrück Center have identified an ion channel that contributes to chronic pain, suggesting a new target for pain medication. The study was published in “Brain.”

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The Imaging Innovation Center hits a milestone

The Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, celebrates its new, innovative research building with a “topping-out ceremony.” The Imaging Innovation Center, designed by the architectural firm heinlewischer, will host researchers specializing in imaging and…

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Interview | Tim Huse, Head of BIH Digital Health Accelerator, Berlin Institute of Health @ Charité (BIH)

Berlin-Brandenburg: an international start-up hotspot in the digital health segment

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