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Regular biopsies lead to less immunosuppression and fewer side effects Stand: 01. After a liver transplant, patients have to take immune-suppressing drugs for the rest of their lives.

Central location, state-of-the-art technology and standardised processes Hannover Medical School (MHH) has put its new logistics centre into operation.

BMBF funds MHH project on heart support system with three million euros Status: 21. July 2021 More than 9,000 people in Germany are on the waiting list for a donor organ, about 700 of them are waiting for a heart.

SAGA detects tumour potential of viral vectors for blood stem cells When the causes of serious diseases are based on a defective gene, medicine relies on gene therapy. In this strategy, defect-free genes are introduced into the body with the help of certain viruses. In this way, individual forms of congenital blindness, hereditary muscular atrophy or certain diseases of the blood and immune system can already be treated today.

MHH involved in HANSE screening programme for former and active smokers On 26 July, the largest German programme to date for the early detection of lung cancer starts with over 12,000 test persons.

MHH neuroradiologist develops international guidelines for MRI imaging Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system in younger adults.

Study examines the influence of rumenic acid on heart muscle fibers. Stand: 10. Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of death in Germany. Important triggers for this are stress, lack of exercise and an unhealthy diet. Now a research team led by Dietmar Manstein, Director of the Institute of Biophysical Chemistry at Hannover Medical School (MHH), has discovered another reason why people with heart problems should avoid butter, cream cake or roast lamb: They contain rumenic acid, a trans fatty acid found in cow's milk products and the meat of ruminants.

Team of the RESIST Cluster of Excellence researches: Certain immune cells develop early in life and remain throughout life Stand: 28. Some things are particularly deeply rooted: for example, certain white blood cells of the adult immune system are already formed around the eighth week of pregnancy. These are gamma-delta T cells, more precisely theV'9V'2+ T cells.

Twelve million euros for new collaborative research centre/transregio led by the MHH in cooperation with Leibniz Universität Hannover and other partners Stand: 25. A great success for medical research in Hannover: the German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the new Transregional Collaborative Research Centre TRR 298 on implants with around twelve million euros over the next four years.

The latest research on the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its consequences. As of Monday, 17 May, visits by relatives are possible again under certain conditions.

DFG priority program funds four MHH projects with 1.6 million euros For people with severe lung diseases, transplantation of a healthy organ is often the only chance of survival.

MHH Stroke Unit provides round-the-clock care for stroke victims - also during the Corona pandemic / Nationwide Day against Strokes on 10 May 2021 04.

The latest research on the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its consequences. As of Monday, 17 May, visits by relatives are possible again under certain conditions.

MHH research team investigates molecular biomarkers for individualised tumour therapy. Status: 30 March 2021 Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) develops within the liver. With one to two cases per 100,000 inhabitants in Germany, ICC is one of the rare diseases overall, but it is the second most common liver cancer.

Professor Schambach was awarded approximately two million euros from the European Union for his "iHEAR" project / New gene therapies shall protect children and adults from hearing loss High accolades