Press release - 25/09/2024 How developmental signals can contribute to Genomic Mosaicism Certain developmental signals play a significant role in maintaining our genetic blueprints. They prevent alterations in the genome, known as mosaicism. The underlying biological mechanism helps the DNA to produce an identical copy of itself during cell division using the original genetic blueprint. However, it can also contribute to genomic mosaicism during nerve cell development.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/how-developmental-signals-can-contribute-genomic-mosaicism
Press release - 23/09/2024 Carl Zeiss Foundation supports early career research group for biohybrid neuroimplants Dr Simon Binder has been awarded a five-year, 1.5 million euro grant from the Carl Zeiss Foundation for his research into novel neuroimplants. Binder will establish the early career research group ‘Biohybrid Neuroimplants based on Soft Hydrogel Electrodes’ at the University of Freiburg. It is affiliated with the research institutions BrainLinks-BrainTools.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/carl-zeiss-foundation-supports-early-career-research-group-biohybrid-neuroimplants
Press release - 19/09/2024 Quality standards for looking into the tumor genome Personalized medicine with individually tailored therapies is becoming more a reality in cancer. This requires a look into the genetic material of tumors, a molecular diagnostic tumor profile. A research group from the German Network for Personalized Medicine (DNPM) has recorded the quality standards according to which genome analyses are carried out in Germany. The data is a prerequisite for integrating gene sequencing into routine care. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/quality-standards-looking-tumor-genome
Press release - 18/09/2024 Future cluster QSens starts the second round of funding In the “Cluster4Future” QSens of the Universities of Stuttgart and Ulm, scientists, companies and start-ups are researching quantum sensors with a wide range of potential applications. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding QSens for a further three years as part of “Clusters4Future”.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/future-cluster-qsens-starts-second-round-funding
Press release - 17/09/2024 Five new cross-border doctoral networks at Universität Heidelberg Five transnational and cross-institutional doctoral networks at Heidelberg University are being funded as part of the “Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions”. They work together on current scientific topics with high innovation potential. Ruperto Carola coordinates an MSCA Doctoral Network on artificial intelligence in physics, two networks in medicine, life sciences and engineering. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/five-new-cross-border-doctoral-networks-universitat-heidelberg
Press release - 12/09/2024 Power-to-vitamins: microbes produce folate from simple basic ingredients Biotechnology team at University of Tübingen obtains valuable byproduct in protein production. This could be a potential to the contribution of feeding a growing world population without livestock farming.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/power-vitamins-microbes-produce-folate-simple-basic-ingredients
Press release - 11/09/2024 Researchers combine the power of artificial intelligence and the wiring diagram of a brain to predict brain cell activity Scientists have long sought ways to simulate the neural networks in the brain with computers in order to understand how it works. Now, researchers have combined new measurements of the wiring diagrams of the fruit fly with artificial intelligence methods to build a neural network that can do what few thought possible: To predict the activity of individual neurons without making a single measurement in a living brain. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/researchers-combine-power-artificial-intelligence-and-wiring-diagram-brain-predict-brain-cell-activity
BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg publishes first results of a new WifOR study - 11/09/2024 Industrial healthcare industry in Baden-Württemberg: gross value added of more than 19 billion euros The industrial healthcare sector (iGW) plays a central role in the economy in Baden-Württemberg. In 2021, the sector generated a direct gross value added of 19.6 billion euros, which corresponds to around a third (32.6%) of the entire regional healthcare industry. Of 96.3%, almost all of the healthcare sectors's exports in the state in 2021 came from the iGW. These are the findings of a new study conducted on behalf of BIOPRO…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/industrial-healthcare-industry-baden-wuerttemberg-gross-value-added-more-19-billion-euros
Press release - 09/09/2024 New Molecular Engineering Technique allows for complex Organoids A new molecular engineering technique can precisely influence the development of organoids. Microbeads made of specifically folded DNA are used to release growth factors or other signal molecules inside the tissue structures. This gives rise to considerably more complex organoids that imitate the respective tissues much better and have a more realistic cell mix than before. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/new-molecular-engineering-technique-allows-complex-organoids
Press release - 05/09/2024 Cohesion at the cellular level: flexible yet stable Research teams from the Universities of Konstanz and Potsdam are analyzing how proteins work together to enable our cells to both stick and move. The marker protein paxillin is at the centre of their interest.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/cohesion-cellular-level-flexible-yet-stable
Press release - 04/09/2024 Epigenetic changes reprogram astrocytes into brain stem cells With mice, researchers showed that experimentally induced lack of blood flow in the brain epigenetically reprograms astrocytes into brain stem cells, which in turn can give rise to nerve progenitor cells. This discovery shows that astrocytes could potentially be used in regenerative medicine to replace damaged nerve cells.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/epigenetic-changes-reprogram-astrocytes-brain-stem-cells
Innovation for sustainable plastic packaging - 04/09/2024 Liquid Plug & Play: eco-designed plastic packaging – not just for ultrasound gel In the healthcare industry tons of consumables such as ultrasound gel go to waste because packaging can’t be completely emptied. An invention called Liquid Plug & Play could offer a solution for the future. This innovation, which consists of a reusable outer shell and a disposable product pouch for viscous substances, can be completely emptied. It also prevents cross-contamination and offers many other benefits.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/liquid-plug-und-play-eco-designed-plastic-packaging-not-just-ultrasound-gel
Press release - 03/09/2024 NMR Spectroscopy: A Faster Way to Determine the “Sense of Rotation” of Molecules Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Voxalytic GmbH developed a new method that allows, for the first time, to elucidate the chiral structure of molecules – the exact spatial arrangement of the atoms – by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. This important step in the development of new drugs used to be a time-consuming process until now. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/nmr-spectroscopy-faster-way-determine-sense-rotation-molecules
Event - 06/11/2024 The TechMed Event 2024 TechMed Centre , Kongress/Symposium https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/techmed-event-2024
Event - 05/11/2024 MedTech Twente Week: Explore & Connect fact-finding trip Enschede, Netherlands , Fact-finding trip https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/medtech-twente-week-explore-und-connect-fact-finding-trip
Pipetting robot for academic research - 28/08/2024 goodBot GmbH: a third arm for researchers Repetitive tasks that researchers have to conduct in the lab tend to be tiring and often lead to errors. Precise pipetting is crucial for achieving reproducible results. Automation is underrepresented in research labs and existing pipetting robots are unsuitable for scientists. This is why Dr. Julius Wiener, Tobias Zundel and Oliver Brunner decided to found the company goodBot GmbH and develop a pipetting robot tailored to academic research.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/goodbot-gmbh-third-arm-researchers
Press release - 26/08/2024 Synthetic Immunology: Approaching a Turning Point in the Treatment and Prevention of Disease Synthetic immunology is the topic of an article in the “Perspectives” section of the journal “Nature Nanotechnology”. Herein, Heidelberg researchers describe a so-called bottom-up approach that uses the toolbox of nanotechnology and synthetic biology to construct systems from molecular building blocks and specifically equip them with immune functions. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/synthetic-immunology-approaching-turning-point-treatment-and-prevention-disease
Press release - 22/08/2024 Validated targets for personalized cancer immunotherapy Knowledge of the target structures for the immune cells is a basic prerequisite for the development of personalized cancer immunotherapies. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center and the NCT Heidelberg are publishing a sensitive method based on mass spectroscopy to identify such tumor-specific "neoepitopes". The analytical method is designed to detect these low abundance protein fragments and requires minimal amounts of…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/validated-targets-personalized-cancer-immunotherapy
Press release - 21/08/2024 A molecular control hub maintains order How are proteins in our cells modified while they are still being synthesized? An international team of researchers from the University of Konstanz, Caltech, and ETH Zurich has deciphered the molecular mechanism of this vital process. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/molecular-control-hub-maintains-order
Event - 01/10/2024 Lunch & Learn: BW-UK Health Industry Procurement - Building Bridges for Better Healthcare Online, Registration deadline: 30/09/2024, Informationsveranstaltung https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/lunch-und-learn-bw-uk-health-industry-procurement-building-bridges-better-healthcare
Event - 11/11/2024 - 15/11/2024 DigiHealthDay 2024 Deggendorf, Germany, Kongress/Symposium https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/event/digihealthday-2024
Press release - 14/08/2024 New vaccine against cervical cancer combines prophylactic and therapeutic activities Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have developed a completely new vaccination concept. The vaccine is inexpensive and protects mice against almost all cancer-causing HPV types. In addition to preventing new infections, the vaccine also triggers cellular immune responses against HPV-infected cells and may therefore also have a therapeutic effect against existing infections.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/new-vaccine-against-cervical-cancer-combines-prophylactic-and-therapeutic-activities
Press release - 13/08/2024 Peptide Boronic Acids: New Prospects for Immunology A cutting-edge chemical process is the first to make it possible to quickly and easily produce modified peptides with boronic acids. As part of this work, scientists managed to synthesize a large number of different biologically active peptide boronic acids and investigate their properties. They open up new possibilities in the young research field of synthetic immunology and could go on to be used primarily in immunotherapy. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/peptide-boronic-acids-new-prospects-immunology
Start-up Cerebri GmbH - 05/08/2024 Comprehensive EEG supply thanks to telemedicine Fewer and fewer patients are getting timely access to electroencephalograms, as the process of measuring brain activity and interpreting the results requires specific expertise. Cerebri GmbH, a newly established Tübingen-based company, aims to address this issue by offering user-friendly EEG caps and providing rapid, location-independent and top-tier diagnostics by experts.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/comprehensive-eeg-supply-thanks-telemedicine
Press release - 01/08/2024 Targeted therapy for cancer of unknown primary (Cup) Encouraging results from a large international study led by Heidelberg have recently been published in the journal “Lancet”: The genetic material of cancer cells with unknown tissue of origin contains numerous targets for specific drugs that are already available and have been developed to treat other forms of cancer. These suppressed the disease in CUP patients for significantly longer than chemotherapy.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/targeted-therapy-cancer-unknown-primary-cup