" emphasises Professor Kratz, who, besides others, was in involved in the development of the Li-Fraumeni spectrum classification. SERVICE: For further information , please contact Professor Dr. Christian [...] for the first time using data from the German Cancer Predisposition Registry. In the study led by Professor Dr. Christian Kratz, Director of the Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology at Hannover [...] prediction," says Penkert from the Institute of Human Genetics, who is currently conducting research in Professor Kratz's team. A total of 141 people from 94 families with disease-causing TP53 variants were analysed

employer for the brightest minds," emphasises MHH President Professor Dr. Michael P. Manns. SERVICE: For further information, please contact Professor Dr. Dr. Anette Melk, melk.anette@mh-hannover.de or visit [...] scientific training, the content of which is precisely tailored to the individual participants," says Professor Dr. Dr. Anette Melk, spokesperson for the programme. The three-year funding period is professionally [...] career in academic medicine, but at the same time increases the quality of patient care," explains Professor Melk. The programme builds on successful career programmes for clinician scientists developed at

School (MHH) are now using a new treatment procedure for severe heart attacks. The team led by Professor Dr. Andreas Schäfer, Head of Cardiovascular Intensive Care Medicine, is using - for the first time [...] survive it develop severe heart failure due to the large scarring of the heart muscle," explains Professor Schäfer. These patients can benefit from SSO2 therapy. It is used in the event of an acute heart [...] muscles were only minor, and the pumping capacity of the heart showed no relevant limitations," says Professor Johann Bauersachs, M.D., Director of the Department of Cardiology and Angiology. SSO2 therapy improves

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

e Systems" research network led by Professor Dr. André Bleich, Director of the Institute of Laboratory Animal Science at Hannover Medical School (MHH), and Professor Dr. Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede from [...] experiments has been constant for years, while they are declining in other research areas," explains Professor Bleich. However, interdisciplinary collaboration has already enabled various alternative models [...] oxygen conditions in the intestine are different from those in the lung tissue in the breath," says Professor von Köckritz-Blickwede. "It's important that we can perform the studies under realistic conditions

diseases. However, little is known about the molecular biological causes. A research team led by Professor Dr. Christian Bär from the Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapy Strategies of the Hannover [...] ability to divide completely. “Telomer lengths are therefore biological markers of age,” explains Professor Bär. Chimeric mouse models with different organ and immune ages The research team will first investigate [...] but also to examine the influence of telomere shortening and telomere damage in detail,” says Professor Bär. Gene therapy could improve organ regeneration The studies are also intended to lay the foundation

children and adults from hereditary deafness with the help of gene therapy is one of the goals of Professor Dr. Dr. Axel Schambach, head of the Institute for Experimental Haematology at Hannover Medical School [...] a loss of vision and balance. Responsible for this is a mutation in a gene called MYO7A, which Professor Schambach and his team are focusing on. If a person inherits the damaged gene from both father and [...] . "Since MYO7A is a very large gene, we need a gene taxi with a large boot, so to speak," says Professor Schambach. The research team therefore uses lentiviral vectors (LV), which can carry a large amount

cells also exist in the human lung remained controversial in science. Now, a research team led by Professor Dr. Christian Mühlfeld, acting head of the Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy at the Hannover [...] rats, it was found that this cell type influences several important functions in the lungs," says Professor Mühlfeld. For example, the cell plays an important role as a vitamin A store in the development [...] tissue sections from healthy, fibrotic or damaged (emphysematous) human lung tissue provided by Professor Dr. Danny Jonigk's team from the MHH-Institute of Pathology. Dr. Julia Schipke used various markers

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