long telomeres receive the bone marrow of biologically old animals with shortened telomeres, so that they now have young organs but an artificially old immune system. In the second model, it is exactly the [...] Regeneration processes in the body allow wounds to heal and injured or missing tissue parts to regrow. In old age, this ability diminishes greatly, because our body cells cannot divide indefinitely to renew damaged [...] could improve the regeneration of the lungs and heart and thus increase the chances of survival in old age,” the molecular biologist suggests. The DFG project “Targeting telomere dysfunction-related immune-

. Mother donates a kidney to her 40-year-old son The 15,000th patient to receive an organ transplant at the MHH is Jens L. from Rehburg-Loccum. The 40-year-old metalworker received a kidney from his mother [...] first kidney transplant. Now, MHH physicians have performed the 15,000th organ transplant. A 40-year-old patient received a kidney donated by his mother. "This proves the efficiency of the MHH," emphasizes [...] "Child remains child" If you ask mother Heike L. what motivated her to donate her kidney, the 60-year-old answers, "Child always remains child. I had 40 years to prepare for it!" Her son Jens L., on the other

over 600 people have been tested for lung cancer at the Hannover site. One of these is the 72-year-old Gerhard Lunow. For him, the diagnosis was made in time: his cancer was detected at an early stage and [...] everything would go well. „The opposite turned out to be the case for me“, says Lunow. The 72-year-old had been smoking for decades. He did not recognize the symptoms for lung cancer. „I felt physically [...] HANSE CT examination, I learned that I already had an early stage of lung cancer“, says the 72-year-old. Improved chances of recovery due to screening Those with lung tumors that are detected at an early

Narrowing of the aortic valve, known as aortic valve stenosis, is the most common heart valve defect in old age. The valve leaflets of the aortic valve are thickened and have difficulty opening and closing. [...] Director of the Department of Cardiology and Angiology, explains the effect. On 1 June, a 91-year-old patient from the Baltic Sea resort of Boltenhagen received the new system in a 45-minute procedure

been honoured by the German Cancer Aid in the Max Eder Junior Research Group Programme. The 24-year-old doctor and researcher from Hanover Medical School (MHH) will receive funding of more than 743,000 euros [...] looking for a challenge." And that currently requires her to study economics in parallel. As a 24-year-old, she is the head of employees in her work group who are significantly older. "I feel much older than

SkillsLab Hannover has already existed for more than ten years for the HannibaL medical degree program. Old post office transformed into modern training rooms for students The midwives-to-be have moved into [...] now regularly train the most important hand movements around childbirth. In just a few months, the old post office rooms on the ground floor of building K5 have been successfully transformed into modern

option. "For patients for whom major surgery is too high a risk, for example because they are very old or have a history of disease, catheter-based repair has proven its worth in recent years," explains [...] n between the left atrium and the left main chamber of the heart. "We place the prosthesis in the old mitral valve and open it there. When the optimal position is reached and the new valve is working well

are in the middle of life, healthy, active and mentally alert – they are referred to as the “young old”. Statistically speaking, those who retire today have far more years of life ahead of them than their [...] concomitant diseases,” says Professor Geyer. This is already evident in the age groups of 18 to 45 years old. The development of severe overweight, called obesity, in young years is also alarming. The proportion

the management of Professor Dr. Brigitte Schlegelberger at the beginning of the month. The 43-year-old specialist in human genetics previously worked as deputy director of the Institute of Clinical Genetics

lies in her mother's arms and looks curiously into the world with wide eyes. She is only a few days old. Mother Maria L. (34) is overjoyed: her baby is healthy and she herself is doing well. This is not [...] absolutely stable, and she is closely monitored beforehand. This was the case with Maria L. The 34-year-old from Halle/Saale was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension in 2020. In the following year, she was