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09APR 2026
Klinik
Copy — Zwischen Stall und Lichterketten
Weihnachtsfest auf Alpakahof bringt 3.060 Euro für das Erlanger Kinderpalliativzentrum Gustl, Jinx, Jupiter und die 28 anderen Alpakas vom Hof Sun-Alpacas aus Niedermirsberg bei Ebermannstadt sind unglaublich flauschige und herzensgute Tiere. Herzensgut ist auch Gisela Herbst, die den Hof seit vielen Jahren führt und in jedem Jahr eine besondere Aktion veranstaltet, um Spenden für soziale […]Weihnachtsfest auf Alpakahof bringt 3.060 Euro für das Erlanger Kinderpalliativzentrum Gustl, Jinx, Jupiter und die 28 anderen Alpakas vom Hof Sun-Alpacas aus Niedermirsberg bei Ebermannstadt sind unglaublich flauschige und herzensgute Tiere. Herzensgut ist auch Gisela Herbst, die den Hof seit vielen Jahren führt und in jedem Jahr eine besondere Aktion veranstaltet, um Spenden für soziale […]
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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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02MAY 2024
Clinic
FAU team develops new approach for treating autoimmune diseases
How a “date” between immune cells makes rheumatism disappear Dates don’t always work out the way you would like. This is the premise on which scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have developed a new approach towards treating autoimmune diseases. They brought two types of immune cells, B cells and T cells, together at one table […]
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