Press release - 23/06/2022 Cancer patients receiving immunotherapy: no evidence of increased risk for severe immune complication after COVID-19 vaccination Does COVID-19 vaccination increase the risk of cancer patients undergoing therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors to suffer a dangerous immune complication known as a "cytokine release syndrome"? A team of Heidelberg physicians and scientists has now shown in a clinical study: Increased serum levels of the characteristic cytokines occur frequently in cancer patients, but clinically relevant cases of the dreaded syndrome were not…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/cancer-patients-receiving-immunotherapy-no-evidence-increased-risk-severe-immune-complication-after-covid-19-vaccination
Assay to support the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases - 22/06/2022 Tracking down pathogenic immune complexes Soluble complexes of antibodies and their target structures circulating in the blood can trigger serious systemic inflammations. Dr. Philipp Kolb and Haizhang Chen from the Institute of Virology at the Freiburg University Medical Centre have developed a sensitive, cell-based test system for detecting these immune complexes. The system can be used to diagnose systemic autoimmune diseases, and also severe cases of COVID-19.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/tracking-down-pathogenic-immune-complexes
Press release - 21/06/2022 Another step towards synthetic cells Scientists from the 2. Physics Institute at the University of Stuttgart and the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research were now able to take the next step towards synthetic cells: They introduced functional DNA-based cytoskeletons into cell-sized compartments and showed functionality. The results were recently published in Nature Chemistry.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/another-step-towards-synthetic-cells
Press release - 20/06/2022 Protein changes in the liquor indicate inflammatory processes in the brain Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases are associated with inflammatory processes in the brain. German researchers have succeeded in identifying a group of proteins in the liquor that could provide information about such inflammatory processes. As so-called biomarkers, the proteins could help to better understand disease processes in the future and to test the effect of potential drugs against brain inflammation.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/protein-changes-liquor-indicate-inflammatory-processes-brain
Robot arm for greater accuracy - 08/06/2022 guidoo: robotic assistance for fast and precise biopsies Needle-based procedures through the skin, such as biopsies of internal organs, not only require a great deal of skill and experience, but they also take time. Fraunhofer IPA Mannheim, together with BEC GmbH from Pfullingen, is developing a robotic surgical assistance system that supports the correct positioning and angulation of a needle with the help of a guide sleeve. This significantly speeds up the procedure while maintaining precision.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/guidoo-robotic-assistance-fast-and-precise-biopsies
Funding TRANSCAN-3: “Novel translational approaches to tackle the challenges of hard-to-treat cancers from early diagnosis to therapy” Funding programme, Funded by: BMBF, Submission deadline: 18/07/2022 https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/database/funding/transcan-3-novel-translational-approaches-tackle-challenges-hard-treat-cancers-early-diagnosis-therapy
Event - 28/06/2022 - 29/06/2022 SMITH Congress 2022 Berlin, Kongress/Symposium https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/smith-congress-2022
Funding 4C Accelerator Tübingen Funding programme, Funded by: Medical Innovations Incubator GmbH, Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Tourismus BW, Startup BW & B. Braun-Stiftung, Submission deadline: 22/07/2022 https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/database/funding/4c-accelerator-tuebingen
Event - 20/06/2022 - 24/06/2022 MEDTECH SUMMIT 2022 Dublin (Ireland) and online, Kongress/Symposium https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/medtech-summit-2022
Press release - 03/06/2022 Deep Learning helps improve gene therapies and antiviral drugs The nuclease Cas13b associated with the CRISPR gene scissors, which is an enzyme that degrades nucleic acids, has the potential to be used in the future in hereditary diseases to switch off unwanted genes. In the fight against infections, this nuclease is also being researched as an antiviral agent, as Cas13b can specifically intervene in the genetic material of viruses and render them harmless.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/deep-learning-helps-improve-gene-therapies-and-antiviral-drugs
Funding WECONOMY Competition, Funded by: WECONOMY - Die GründerInneninitiative, Submission deadline: 03/07/2022 https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/database/funding/weconomy
Press release - 02/06/2022 Groundbreaking ceremony for new research building on the Faculty of Engineering campus Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism of Baden-Württemberg, together with Freiburg’s Mayor Martin Horn, gives the go-ahead for the construction project on the Georges-Köhler-Allee.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/groundbreaking-ceremony-new-research-building-faculty-engineering-campus
Event - 04/07/2022 - 07/07/2022 ON Helix 2022 Cambridge (United Kingdom) & Online, Kongress/Symposium https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/helix-2022
Funding MedTech Bootcamp Competition, Funded by: EIT Health e.V., Submission deadline: 27/06/2022 https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/database/funding/medtech-bootcamp
Event - 10/06/2022 - 23/06/2022 Webinars on IHI's first calls for proposals Online, Online Seminar https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/webinars-ihis-first-calls-proposals
Event - 21/06/2022 - 24/06/2022 ANALYTICA 2022 Munich, Messe https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/analytica-2022
Event - 05/07/2022 - 06/07/2022 Biotech Startup Immersion Day Heidelberg, Informationsveranstaltung https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/biotech-startup-immersion-day
Funding EIC Transition Funding programme, Funded by: Europäische Kommission, Submission deadline: 28/09/2022 https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/database/funding/eic-transition-1
Bakteriocins - 24/05/2022 New antibiotic alternatives from soil bacteria Bacteria are not the greatest of friends among themselves: many release antimicrobial substances into their environment in order to gain an advantage in their ecological niche. Researchers at the University of Ulm are making use of such bacteriocins by creating a genetically modified soil bacterium that can be used as a biotechnological platform organism to produce alternatives to antibiotics in pure form and in large quantities. The fact this…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/new-antibiotic-alternatives-soil-bacteria
Event - 14/06/2022 Swiss Medtech Day 2022 Bern (Schwitzerland), Kongress/Symposium https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/swiss-medtech-day-2022
Event - 14/06/2022 - 18/10/2022 Go-To-Market Academy Online, Seminarreihe https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/go-market-academy
Event - 01/07/2022 BadenCampus Health Community Meeting Breisach, Registration deadline: 24/06/2022, Meet & Match https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/badencampus-health-community-meeting
Event - 30/09/2022 Start-Up BW Summit 2022 Stuttgart, Registration deadline: 30/06/2022, Messe https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/start-bw-summit-2022
Press release - 12/05/2022 New imaging method makes tiny medical robots visible in the body Microrobots have the potential to revolutionize medicine. Researchers at the Max Planck ETH Centre for Learning Systems have now developed an imaging technique that for the first time recognises cell-sized microrobots individually and at high resolution in a living organism. This is an important step towards precise control of the robots and their clinical translation.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/new-imaging-method-makes-tiny-medical-robots-visible-body
Press release - 12/05/2022 New hope for broad spectrum viral entry inhibitors – Negatively charged polymer proves effective against a wide range of viruses While broad-spectrum antibiotics can offer protection against a wide variety of bacteria, there are currently no analogous clinically available broad-spectrum antiviral agents that can act on several different viruses. An international research team has now shown that polystyrene sulfonate (PSS), a negatively charged polymer, has the potential to be used in the prevention of viral infections – not only in the fight against the SARS-CoV-2 and cold…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/new-hope-broad-spectrum-viral-entry-inhibitors-negatively-charged-polymer-proves-effective-against-wide-range-viruses