Thanks to the support of the state of Lower Saxony, we will be able to set new standards for our patients, employees, students and researchers at the science location of Hannover with the new building - [...] Martina Saurin, responsible for finances and administration, Professor Frank Lammert, responsible for patient care, and Andreas Fischer, I have three proven experts at my side as President. This means we are

of acute kidney damage is often underestimated. "It is associated with increased mortality, and patients can suffer permanent damage or even complete loss of kidney function," emphasises Professor Schmidt-Ott [...] In their studies, the researchers examined cells from tissue samples and urine from more than 40 patients and analysed the molecular patterns of more than 140,000 cells with the help of computers and compared

Transplantation and first author of the publication. In some clinical studies, however, individual patients developed leukaemia after they had been transplanted with the genetically modified blood stem cells [...] prevent this side effect, the vectors are usually tested in the mouse model before they are used on patients. "This is lengthy, and unfortunately not always very conclusive," the scientist emphasises. The

limited. There is a need for simple instruments based on clinical or laboratory parameters to identify patients at risk at an early stage, the physician emphasises. In future, this will be possible with the newly [...] professions as well as experts from the fields of statistics, economics and quality management and patient support groups are working on this project. Professor Dr. Frank Lammert is coordinating the projects

body's own repair processes. But this spontaneous remyelination usually proceeds incompletely in MS patients or fails to occur at all. And to date, there is no drug that promotes this repair. Researchers from [...] ability to move and coordinate, the sense of touch and the ability to see. For a large proportion of patients, multiple sclerosis brings severe disabilities. Activating the self-healing powers in the brain

treatment strategy is safe and has the potential to provide potentially significant benefits for patients. In the new study, we want to find out in a scientifically sound way whether it actually also increases [...] explains Professor David. More than 20 centres in Germany, Switzerland and Austria with about 270 patients are participating in the international study. The study is led by the team of the "Translational

not offer testing facilities! In the delivery room, in the paediatric clinic and for relatives of patients receiving palliative care, the previously existing visiting rules continue to apply, for further

are involved in rehabilitation. The closer and better they work together, the more successfully patients can be cared for. The RehAmpTT learning module is designed to help with this. An interdisciplinary [...] there are numerous arm amputees. "Many general practitioners are unsure about dealing with amputee patients because they have little or no experience with them.This can unintentionally create a great distance

differences in two- to three-year-olds. Only with increasing age does the microbiome change again in CF patients. The diversity of bacterial species decreases, the disease germs predominate and chronically settle [...] gives a decisive indication for the treatment of cystic fibrosis: while the treatment of older CF patients is only possible to a limited extent, there is apparently a window of opportunity in young children

"On the one hand, we want to thank and pay our respects to the medical staff who care for Corona patients with great dedication and under great stress," said Chairwoman Dorothea Jäger, "on the other hand