3D microtumors enable precise prediction of chemotherapy efficacy in colorectal cancer
Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM) and the biotech company Xilis have developed a method that can predict which chemotherapy will work best for advanced...
Lower Saxony funds new therapy project against incurable biliary tract disease PSC
The state of Lower Saxony and the Volkswagen Foundation are supporting the "StopPSC" research project of the Hannover Medical School (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) with two million euros. The project is funded as part of the...
Care for the elderly: New ZQP guide protects against financial exploitation and fraud
The Center for Quality in Care (ZQP) has published a new short guide that supports family caregivers in protecting older people in need of care from financial exploitation and in taking the right action in the event of suspicion or incidents. The free and ad-free...
The only nationwide certificate for intensive care medicine will be visible in the Federal Hospital Atlas in the future
The German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI) has comprehensively revised its "Intensive Care Medicine" certificate and expanded it on a modular basis. The seal of quality, which has been in existence since 2014, is the only nationwide...
First female dean in 549 years: Professor Sara Y. Brucker heads the Faculty of Medicine in Tübingen
For the first time in its almost 550-year history, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tübingen has elected a woman to its leadership. Professor Dr. Sara Y. Brucker, Medical Director of the University Women's Hospital and Head of the Department of Women's...
Cell-based screening: New method allows identification of molecular adhesives
Researchers from the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the AITHYRA Research Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence and the Scripps Research Institute have developed a systematic method to identify molecular...
Charité and BIH establish ARC Innovation Center for faster medical innovations
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) have founded an ARC Innovation Center. ARC stands for Accelerate, Redesign, Collaborate. The new center is intended to accelerate medical innovation and shorten the transfer of...
HZI researchers make bacterial capsule transport channel atomically visible
Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig have for the first time imaged the central transport channel for the protective bacterial capsule at the atomic level in three dimensions. With the help of cryo-electron microscopy, they...
Roche opens high-tech innovation centre for diagnostics in Penzberg
On February 12, 2026, the pharmaceutical company Roche officially inaugurated one of the world's most modern development centers for in vitro diagnostics in Penzberg. The company has invested around 300 million euros in the new building, which is around 23,000 square...
German Medical Association: Doctors bear responsibility for planetary health
The Central Ethics Committee at the German Medical Association (ZEKO) has published a statement on "Planetary Health and Medical Responsibility". In it, she emphasizes the growing confrontation of doctors with the health consequences of ecological crises, especially...
