Funding for new diagnostic procedure for collagenosis
The PREDICT-CTD project will receive 2.7 million euros from the zukunft.niedersachsen programme. Over a period of five years, a team from TWINCORE, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and Hannover Medical School led by Theresa Graalmann and Yannic Bartsch has been developing a diagnostic procedure for rheumatic diseases such as systemic sclerosis, lupus erythematosus and Sjögren’s syndrome.
Collagenoses cause inflammation in the connective tissue and can be divided into two groups: antibody-induced or overactive immune messengers. So far, there has been a lack of reliable tools for differentiation, which makes therapy more difficult. The interdisciplinary consortium uses multi-omics technologies such as genetic diagnostics and immunological phenotyping to clarify causes and enable personalized treatments.
Sandra von Hardenberg, Ulrich Kalinke, Frank Dressler, Thorsten Witte and Stephan Traidl are involved. The funding comes from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture and the Volkswagen Foundation and strengthens translational research at the interface between science and clinical practice.
The project aims to improve the care of rare diseases that require a precise analysis of the causes.
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