Interview | Dr. Elke Luger  Head, National Network Office Gene and Cell Therapies

Strategic innovation for more progress in gene and cell therapy

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In Portrait | German Portal for Medical Research Data (Deutsches Forschungsdatenportal für Gesundheit, FDPG): a unique data portal for medical research – access expanded to corporate research projects

So far, research across medical health institutions has been complicated in Germany – not least because it was difficult to obtain relevant and comparable data. In the future, things will get easier for researchers. Of late, they have been able to…

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When is the best time of day for cancer treatment?

Researchers from Charité are developing new methods to use the internal clock inside tumor cells to optimize cancer therapies

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A new culprit in Huntington’s disease

Researchers in Berlin and Düsseldorf have implicated a new gene in the progression of Huntington’s disease in a brain organoid model. The gene may contribute to brain abnormalities much earlier than previously thought. The study was published in…

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Reinforcement for the knee: 3D bioprinting with the body's own cartilage cells

Sporting activities promote our health but can lead to injuries of the musculoskeletal system if not performed correctly. This often affects the cartilage in the joints. Untreated cartilage defects can lead to osteoarthritis at older age, for which…

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Eckert & Ziegler opens new facilities for radiopharmaceutical plant engineering in Dresden

In the presence of the Saxon State Ministers Martin Dulig and Thomas Schmidt as well as the Mayor of Dresden Dirk Hilbert, the medical technology company Eckert & Ziegler today inaugurated its new 1,700 square meter facilities in Dresden with around…

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Caresyntax Raises $180 Million Funding to Accelerate Growth and Adoption of Precision Surgery

Caresyntax, a vendor-neutral precision surgery platform, is pleased to announce raising a total commitment of $180 million through a series C extension and growth debt expansion round.

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Surprising mechanism of lupus kidney damage identified

A team led by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, German Rheumatology Research Center (DRFZ) and Max Delbrück Center have defined key cells behind severe kidney damage in lupus. The research, published in Nature,* could inform future antibody…

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Eckert & Ziegler becomes European contract manufacturer for Telix's innovative Phase III ProstACT GLOBAL study

Eckert & Ziegler and Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (Telix) today announced the signing of a significant multi-year agreement under which Eckert & Ziegler will serve as the European contract manufacturing organization (CMO) for Telix's ProstACT GLOBAL…

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New Molecular Insights into Bariatric Surgery's Impact on Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Researchers from the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE) and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) have gained insights shedding light on the molecular adaptations occurring in skeletal muscle following bariatric…

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