viruses. But until now it was not clear how it does this. Now a team led by Dr Manutea Serrero and Professor Dr Beate Sodeik from the Institute of Virology at Hannover Medical School (MHH) has researched new [...] capsids enclose the genome of the viruses and thus protect it from the cell's own defence," says Professor Sodeik. The work was done with herpes simplex viruses, which trigger lip and genital herpes, among [...] infected cells and in which cell types this mechanism is activated by the interferons," explains Professor Sodeik. To this end, the team is developing methods to produce virus particles in which both the

advice and more targeted therapy to sufferers in the future," says Professor Hoeper. SERVICE: For further information , please contact Professor Dr Marius Hoeper, hoeper.marius@mh-hannover.de , telephone (0511) [...] kind worldwide, and from the British pulmonary hypertension register ASPIRE. The study leader is Professor Dr Marius Hoeper, Vice Director of the Department of Pneumology. Researchers compared three different [...] group with pulmonary hypertension in the context of lung disease in almost all important ways," Professor Hoeper explains. "This included age and gender distribution, poor response to drug therapies and

SERVICE: For further information , please contact Professor Dr Anette S. Debertin, debertin.anette@mh-hannover.de , telephone (0511) 532-5533 and Professor Dr Stephan Sehmisch, sehmisch.stephan@mh-hannover [...] registered cases of domestic violence emphasises the need for support for those affected," states Professor Dr. Anette S. Debertin from the Institute of Forensic Medicine. She heads the ProBeweis network [...] affected first come to the emergency room of a clinic to have their injuries treated," reports Professor Dr Stephan Sehmisch, Director of the Clinic for Trauma Surgery. Often, the women and men affected

This was also the wish of the person who came up with the idea, MHH professor Dr. Roswitha Müller. "It was important to Professor Müller to emphasize the very special character of these donations. After [...] donation is a gift. Professor Mueller had committed herself to the project until her retirement. Day of the organ transplantation is for persons concerned like a second birthday Professor Dr. Axel Haverich [...] donations, was inaugurated. Success story transplant medicine At the inauguration, MHH Vice President Professor Dr. Frank Lammert, responsible for the Department of Health Care, emphasized: "Organ donation is

implanted in Northern Germany for the first time on 1 June by the heart team led by specialist Professor Dr Julian Widder of the Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology, offers advantages with its special [...] larger the valve opening area, the easier it is for the heart muscle to pump blood into the body," Professor Dr. Bauersachs, Director of the Department of Cardiology and Angiology, explains the effect. On [...] as narrow as possible so that the new heart valve can be safely advanced to the heart," explains Professor Widder. The slim insertion system of the new TAVI system ensures easier access even for patients

career since 11/18 W3-Professor of Medical Microbiology and Director of the Institute for Mediccal Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School 07/10-10/18 W3-Professor of Medical Microbiology [...] 07/04-06/10 C3-Professor of Medical Microbiology (Focus: Immunology of Infectious Diseases), Institute of Medical Microbiology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg 11/97-06/04 C2-Professor for "Medical

title of Honorary Senator in May 1985. At the handover of the then MHH Rector Professor Heinz Hundeshagen to his successor Professor Dr. Klaus Alexander, the first five Honorary Senators in the history of the [...] Werner Remmers, and Dr Günther Saßmannshausen, a graduate geologist”, emphasizes MHH President Professor Dr. Michael Manns. “Our thanks go to Honorary Senator Rappe. We grieve with the bereaved family

are well controlled and stabilised with medication, they can live with it for a long time," says Professor Dr Karen Olsson, senior physician in the Department of Pneumology. "Many of the affected women lead [...] possible counselling and care, even if the desire to have a child is not always feasible," explains Professor Olsson. The senior physician has been working on this issue for 15 years. It started with a scientific [...] as cardiac, thoracic, transplantation and vascular surgery work very closely together," explains Professor Olsson. "We are a highly professional, extremely well-coordinated team." For example, up to 20 experts

Peter M. Vogt, MD, phD Professor and Head Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery Burn Center Hannover Medical School Peter M. Vogt, MD, PhD Professor and Head Department of Plastic, Hand [...] Instructor in Plastic Surgery Ruhr-University Bochum Associate Professor in Plastic Surgery Ruhr-University Bochum since 2001 Full Professor and Chief of Plastic Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover [...] (0)511 - 532 168864 E-Mail: maksymiec.christine @ mh-hannover.de Adress Peter M. Vogt, MD, PhD Professor and Head Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery Burn Center Hannover Medical School

step "Computed tomography is the imaging technique of choice for analysing lung diseases," says Professor Dr Hoen-oh Shin, senior physician at the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and [...] For patients, this also means additional radiation exposure. The newly developed CT protocol of Professor Shin's team, on the other hand, provides all the information in just one step. To do this, the experts [...] two millimetres. "The quality of the images is clearly superior to that of a standard CT," notes Professor Dr Shin. With the new imaging options, there are better diagnostic possibilities, for example in