absorption via the mucous membrane of the small intestine. A research team led by Professor Dr. Michael Ott and Dr. Dr. Simon Krooss from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology has [...] both methodologically and in view of the widespread nature of haemochromatosis," said Professor Dr Felix Stickel, one of the reviewers, explaining the jury's decision. The approach not only gives hope [...] Communications (see also MHHinfo issue 6/2022). The prize money of 7,500 euros goes to the first author Dr Alice Rovai, who now works at the Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Engineering . Hereditary

epithelial sodium channel (ENaC). In the transatlantic CLEAN-PCD study, an international team led Dr Felix Ringshausen, senior physician at the Department of Pneumology and Infectious Diseases at Hannover [...] Respiratory Medicine. Difficult to diagnose "PCD is a severe disease that severely limits life," says Dr. Ringshausen, head of the special outpatient clinics for bronchiectasis disease, PCD and cystic fibrosis [...] examination of the entire genome if PCD is suspected and look for the characteristic gene defects," says Dr Ringshausen. So far, more than 50 genes are known to be involved in the development of PCD. "But there