aims to offer human genetic counselling and diagnostics to those affected by a tumour risk syndrome across the board," says Professor Dr Brigitte Schlegelberger, head of the Institute of Human Genetics at [...] as is the case in human genetics. This makes it all the more important to develop care concepts such as OnkoRiskNET that keep pace with this development and ensure comprehensive human genetics care in the [...] identification of other affected family members. In Germany, there is a lack of nationwide access to human genetic patient care for this purpose, especially in rural areas. Patients and families benefit from

development of diseases and to develop suitable therapies. In order to be able to transfer the results to humans, however, it must be ensured that the cell types and molecular signalling pathways studied in detail [...] described about 40 years ago as a cell type of its own in rat lungs. Whether such cells also exist in the human lung remained controversial in science. Now, a research team led by Professor Dr. Christian Mühlfeld [...] the physician - but only if the findings from lung research on rodents can actually be applied to humans. Final proof through a combination of different detection methods To answer that, the research team

05/04/2023 The Department of Human Genetics of Hannover Medical School (MHH) has a new director: Professor Dr. Nataliya Di Donato took over the management of Professor Dr. Brigitte Schlegelberger at the [...] the beginning of the month. The 43-year-old specialist in human genetics previously worked as deputy director of the Institute of Clinical Genetics at the University Hospital of the Technical University [...] University of Dresden. "We are pleased that we were able to win such a proven human geneticist for this management task and to strengthen our priorities," emphasizes MHH President Professor Dr. Michael Manns. "We

is a lack of nationwide access to human genetic care, especially in rural areas.The innovation fund project "OnkoRiskNET", led by a team from the MHH Institute of Human Genetics, has tackled this problem [...] Director of the Institute of Human Genetics until May 2023, adds: "We see that cancer patients in this stressful situation often cannot find the long way to an institute of human genetics. It was therefore [...] cancer and can lead to the development of tumors," says Professor Dr. Anke Bergmann, specialist in human genetics and head of the OnkoRiskNET project. "With this project, we want to ensure access to genetic

for his research on human macrophages in the amount of 1.5 million euros over five years. Human immune cells - produced in the laboratory Professor Lachmann's method is based on human cells of the immune [...] adequately reflect human physiology in some cases and because the European authorities will no longer accept them from 2026. The MAT based on donated blood cells better reflects human physiology, but is

Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM. Standardised production of mature immune cells The demand for human immune cells is high and growing daily. So far, however, it has been difficult to provide cells in [...] meet the steadily growing demand, biomedical research is therefore trying to obtain and multiply human immune cells through novel bioprocesses. The Attract group leader and his team have already laid a [...] researching and evaluating drug candidates because we can test their efficacy and safety directly on the human targets," says the scientist. The construction and testing of these tests will be advanced within

three-dimensional X-ray images of the human body possible. With a maximum resolution of up to 300 nanometres, they are equivalent to one tenth of the diameter of a human hair. "The networking between radiology [...] synchrotron particle accelerators. The international team of this worldwide unique project entitled "Human Organ Project" is composed of physicians from the European Synchrotron Facility ESRF in Grenoble and [...] and currently the brightest X-ray source in the world. The project promises images of the entire human body with a resolution of two micrometres, over a hundred times better than a CT scanner. "We were

team from Pediatrics and Human Genetics at Hannover Medical School (MHH) in the "Baby Lion" study. The focus is on decoding the genome, i.e. the entire genetic information of a human being, in just a few days [...] in this light, a rare disease is not so rare after all," says Dr. Bernd Auber of the Institute of Human Genetics. For the study, he and his team are focusing on a special patient group: children in their [...] first study of its kind in German-speaking countries. "Today, it is possible to completely decode the human genome in just a few days," explains Dr. Auber. Experts refer to this as whole genome sequencing (WGS)

11.05.2023 How do human cells defend themselves against adenoviruses? The team of RESIST Professor Dr. Sabrina Schreiner from the Institute of Virology at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) has come a good [...] Institute of Virology. Neither specific therapies nor vaccination available New treatment options against human adenoviruses are needed, as there are neither specific therapies against these viruses nor a vaccination [...] Cells defend themselves with the protein Apobec3A Professor Schreiner's team has now found that human cells defend themselves against adenovirus infection with the help of Apobec3A. "We found a significant

School (MHH), those affected and those seeking advice are cared for by an interdisciplinary team from Human Genetics, the Breast Centre, the Gynaecological Cancer Centre, Radiology and Pathology. After a c [...] directly," says Professor Brigitte Schlegelberger, head of the FBREK Centre and the Institute of Human Genetics at the MHH. Professor Dr. Peter Hillemanns, Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) [...] individual steps from genetic diagnostics to treatment and aftercare can be well coordinated," says human genetics specialist Dr Hannah Wallaschek, coordinator of the FBREK Centre. Those affected also find