Organizer: MHH Patient University
Venue/Room: Lecture Hall F and via livestream on YouTube
Link to the event homepage: www.patienten-universitaet.de
Contact person: Anabel Bornemann
Email address: Patientenuniversitaet@mh-hannover.de
Health Education for ALL
Topic: Modern Virus Control After Transplantation
Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Britta Eiz-Vesper
Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Engineering, MHH
Prof. Dr. Christian Hinze
Clinical Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, MHH
Kidney transplant recipients have a weakened immune system due to medication and are susceptible to viral infections. An interdisciplinary team of clinicians and researchers from MHH has developed a personalized therapy in which exogenous immune cells support the weakened immune system during infection with the human polyomavirus.
Open to interested parties.