New professor for digital health at HPI

The Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) is expanding its professorial staff and strengthening the field of digital health: Prof. Dr. med. Katarina Braune will start on October 1 with her research area "Digital Health Non-Communicable Diseases" at the…

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Development of the European Cancer Information Portal Launched

The Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) is coordinating the central European research project "EU-CiP" (European Cancer Information Portal). This project is funded with 12 million euros over four years by the European Union's Horizon Europe…

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Sugar Fingerprints to Fight Fungal Infections

Lab-made sugars open new possibilities for faster, more reliable diagnosis

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Call for Papers DMEA 2026 – Be part of shaping the digital health agenda!

Deadline: October 15th, 2025

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Gene editing to treat inherited kidney disease

Researchers in Berlin have used base editing to repair mutations that cause the kidney disorder ADPKD in cells from both mice and humans. In mice, a team led by Michael Kaminski was able to ease a key symptom of the difficult-to-treat disease. The…

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More than just a groundbreaking ceremony: Construction begins for the Berlin Center for Gene and Cell Therapies

- Start of construction just one year after the official launch of the project

- Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil acknowledges the significance of the project for Germany as supporting environment for innovative companies

- Opening of the center…

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On World Patient Safety Day 2025: Berlin-based healthtech startup tio launches app to strengthen child safety in healthcare

On September 17, the World Health Organization (WHO) will celebrate World Patient Safety Day 2025 under the theme “Safe care for every newborn and every child.” As part of this global campaign, Berlin-based startup tio announces the beta launch of…

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Using deep learning for precision cancer therapy

Altuna Akalin and his team at the Max Delbrück Center have developed a new tool to more precisely guide cancer treatment. Described in a paper published in “Nature Communications,” the tool, called Flexynesis, uses deep neural networks and evaluates…

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Uncovering hidden gene switches

Researchers led by Dubravka Vučićević at the Max Delbrück Center have developed a new method to discover how DNA controls genes. Their technique, published in “Cell Genomics,” can reveal the genetic “switches” that regulate important genes more…

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ERC Starting Grants for up-and-coming talents at Charité and BIH

ERC Starting Grants rank among the most coveted and significant European awards. Three young researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) convinced the selection committee of the European…

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