originally studied pharmacy, and the development of substances that can ideally actually be used on patients one day has accompanied me my entire professional life," he notes. A designer protein he has been

revolutionise medical practice, reduce healthcare costs and, last but not least, significantly improve patients' lives." SERVICE: For more information , contact Professor Dr. Dr. Thomas Thum, thum.thomas@mh-hannover

diseases triggered by herpes viruses. This can be the case in particular with immunocompromised patients as a result of organ transplants or HIV infections. They have now been able to publish their results

c," says the scientist. But in a damaged heart, the effect can have negative consequences - for patients, for example, whose heart muscle tissue is less well supplied with blood after arteriosclerosis

cancer hidden somewhere, is extremely low," explains Hillemanns. "This supports us in the care of the patients." Non-pregnant women also benefit from the test Especially for young women who may not yet have

head of the Clinical Psychology and Sexual Medicine Department. "Our experience shows that many patients already suffer from the problem in adolescence. Behaviour learned early on is very likely to become

and adolescents with cancer was analysed to validate the results. "Only with the large number of patients it become possible to demonstrate a statistically significant enrichment of variants in the BRCA1/2

on is already giving us important insights into the course of the disease," says the scientist. Patients should benefit directly from image-guided precision medicine. "We want to further develop our e

load and thus prevent chronic infection of the newborn," explains the physician. Detect symptomless patients early With the inclusion of hepatitis B and hepatitis C screening in the preventive health check-up

molecular biologist. B-Raf switch regulates survival of motor nerve cells In the motor nerve cells of patients with SMA, the B-Raf switch is down regulated. Because this happens before symptoms even appear,