Medizinische Hochschule Hannover : MHH Insight

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Approval of the first drug against chronic lung disease in sight

MHH pneumologist investigates the effect of brensocatib on bronchiectasis disease in ASPEN study.

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MHH researchers aim to cure liver diseases with therapeutic RNA

The Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation is providing 600,000 Euros in funding for basic research into new approaches to the treatment of liver fibrosis…

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Power vaccination against cancer boosts the immune system

New hope: MHH researchers are mobilising the immune system's defence against tumour cells within just two weeks using a two-phase vaccination regimen.…

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New solutions for the RNA medicine of the future

At the RNApp graduate school, young researchers are working to make RNA-based drugs safer and more effective.

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New drug helps with advanced pulmonary hypertension

Sotatercept stops the remodelling of the pulmonary vessels and even helps patients with advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who have not…

Dr Lennart Riemann and Rodrigo Gutierrez, PhD, sit at a table in the lab. Between them is a screen on which cells are displayed in colour.

How does the immune system age?

MHH research team shows very precise and comprehensive correlation between immune profiles and age, gender, smoking, obesity and diseases

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‘Ageing clock’ reveals changes in immune cells

Research team visualises ageing at the cellular level for the first time using an AI-based computer model.

Li-Fraumeni syndrome: predicting cancer risk more precisely

A new type of cluster analysis makes customised cancer screening tests possible.

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The research manager

Dr Simone Heß provides support and advice on EU applications.

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Musicians' dystonia: on the trail of finger blockages in brain MRI

MHH neurologist is researching the causes and looking for possible treatments for the neurological movement disorder in professional pianists.