Tag: Medicine-Human Genetics
Genetic engineering is already that important for medicine
Dusseldorf The EU wants to significantly facilitate the use of genetic engineering in agriculture. But the technology has long been used more and more in other areas: Genetic engineering should…
Healing cancer with immune cells – the miracle therapy becomes possible for everyone
Frankfurt Emily Whitehead has celebrated her birthday twice a year for the past ten years. Once for the anniversary of her birth and once because she is another year cancer…
Crispr/Cas gene scissors – First therapy before approval
Frankfurt Ten years after the breakthrough in science, the Crispr/Cas gene scissors are about to be used for the first time in medicine. In the coming weeks, the US biotech…
Crispr/Cas gene scissors – First therapy before approval
Frankfurt Ten years after the breakthrough in science, the Crispr/Cas gene scissors are about to be used for the first time in medicine. In the coming weeks, the US biotech…
Medicine Nobel Prize winner Südhof on the question of how the brain works
Dusseldorf The German-American scientist Südhof has uncovered how brain cells communicate with each other. “All functions in the brain – from sight, smell and decision-making to feelings – operate through…
Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Svante Pääbo
prizewinner Svante Pääbo from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. (Photo: dpa) This year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to the Swede Svante Pääbo, who researches in…
Medicine Nobel laureate at The Spark on the brain
Thomas Südhof (left) in an interview with Handelsblatt Editor-in-Chief Sebastian Matthes “In science, if you assume you’re going to win a Nobel Prize, you’re in the wrong profession.” (Photo: Marc-Steffen…
Bayer brings cell therapy research to Berlin
Bayer in Berlin In the future, the pharmaceutical company also wants to conduct research on novel cell therapies at the Innovation Campus in Berlin. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Bayer is building…
How future technology can change our lives
view in the future How will people use technological progress in the future? (Photo: Melanie Gandrya) Protecting the climate without restricting the economy, raising meat without killing animals, and curing…
Pig kidney used in humans for the first time
Dialysis patient in the USA Thousands wait in vain for human kidneys to be donated. Animal organs could eliminate the deficiency. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA Wire) Dusseldorf In the United States,…
Pig Heart Transplant: Hope for Thousands of Patients
Dusseldorf A genetically modified pig heart is said to be his last resort: “Either I die or I do this transplant,” said the American David Bennett before his operation in…
Pig Heart Transplant: Hope for Thousands of Patients
Dusseldorf A genetically modified pig heart is said to be his last resort: “Either I die or I do this transplant,” said the American David Bennett before his operation in…
Bayer and Pfizer secure alliances worth billions
Frankfurt, Düsseldorf In the search for new opportunities in the fight against diseases, this technology is considered to be one of the greatest hopes: By editing genes, certain sections of…
Bayer enters into partnership with Mammoth Biosciences
Jennifer Doudna The winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is one of the founders of Mammoth Biosciences. (Photo: Getty Images) Frankfurt Bayer is stepping up its involvement in the…
Using killer cells to fight cancer: researchers are promoting CAR therapy
Biontech boss Ugur Sahin, Medigene boss Dolores Schendel, patient Emily Whitehead From the point of view of many experts, the novel immunotherapies mark a new era in cancer treatment, Frankfurt…
Using killer cells to fight cancer: researchers are promoting CAR therapy
Biontech boss Ugur Sahin, Medigene boss Dolores Schendel, patient Emily Whitehead From the point of view of many experts, the novel immunotherapies mark a new era in cancer treatment, Frankfurt…