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14NOV 2024
Clinic
Outstanding Researcher Honored
Prof. Dr. Steffen Jung Receives the Renowned Jakob Herz Prize 2024 In a festive ceremony on Friday, November 8, 2024, the Jakob Herz Prize was awarded to Prof. Dr. Steffen Jung, Henry H. Drake Professor of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. The award, presented for the eighth time, recognizes his […]
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08JUL 2024
Clinic
World’s first CAR-T cell therapy for a child with lupus
“One year after the treatment, I feel as good as I did before my diagnosis, except for a few colds,” says Uresa A. today. In June 2023, Uresa (who was 15 years old at the time) received CAR-T cells at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen. The treatment was the last resort to slow down systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), […]
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08JUL 2024
Clinic
Radiotherapy vs. the immune system
As part of our innate immune system, the complement system plays a role in destroying tumor cells. Paradoxically however, an activated complement system can also also promote the growth and formation of metastases in certain types of tumors such as sarcomas. How radiotherapy influences the complement system is now the subject of research being carried […]
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27JUN 2024
Clinic
FAU researchers develop an alternative to pacemakers
A heart attack is a life-threatening condition, with patients remaining at risk of premature death long after the actual attack: 50 to 60 percent of patients die subsequently as a result of sudden cardiac death, triggered by cardiac arrhythmia. The most effective treatment currently available – a pacemaker – stops cardiac arrhythmias. However, it cannot […]
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05MAR 2024
Aktuelles
Researchers investigate a man who received 217 Covid vaccinations
Researchers at FAU find no negative effects on immune system Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen have examined a man who has received more than 200 vaccinations against Covid-19. They learned of his case via newspaper reports. Until now, it has been unclear what effects hypervaccination such as this would have on the […]
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27FEB 2024
Aktuelles
Greedy macrophages promote the progression of cancer
FAU researcher receives an award for his contribution to treating bone marrow cancer Macrophages that “gorge themselves” on a certain protein may promote the progression of cancer rather than fight it. PD Dr. Heiko Bruns, immunologist at FAU, discovered this mechanism in connection with bone marrow cancer. In recognition of his research, which may lead […]
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