Scientists at the BIH recently discovered that an infection with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is often severe when the immune system reacts with an augmented immune response. During this research they came across an interesting target molecule on immune cells. Researchers at Bayer had already developed a substance against precisely this target…
The inner surface of blood vessels is lined by a wafer-thin layer of cells known as the endothelium, which forms a crucial barrier between blood and the surrounding tissue. The single-layered cell structure promotes the exchange of oxygen and nutrients, while simultaneously preventing the uncontrolled leakage of blood components. Only when the…
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Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek and Berlin’s Governing Mayor and Senator for Higher Education and Research Michael Müller inaugurated today a new building for translational medical research at the science, health and biotechnology park Campus Berlin Buch. The facility will be jointly run by the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité…
Many older, but also increasingly younger, people suffer from several diseases at the same time. Scientists at the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, together with colleagues from Munich and the United Kingdom, have now identified common risk factors that predispose to multiple even seemingly unrelated…
On 20.3.21 the time had come: after months of lockdown, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra was finally allowed to play in front of an audience again. Around 1,000 guests had registered in advance, undergone a rapid test for Corona at one of the test centers or on site, and were then finally allowed to listen to and applaud the orchestra under the…
After three years of construction, the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) will unite their vascular biomedical research under one roof, on Campus Berlin Buch, while also further intensifying collaboration with translational research groups in Buch.
Ein Jahr nach dem ersten Lockdown ist überraschend wenig über SARS-CoV-2 bekannt. Viele Fragen, insbesondere zur Ausbreitung des Virus, bleiben unbeantwortet, politische Entscheidungen werden nicht auf der Basis wissenschaftlicher Evidenz getroffen. War die Wissenschaft zu langsam? Was können wir aus der aktuellen Pandemie für künftige Krisen…
Life-threatening situations occur time and again in an intensive care unit. To make sure that doctors can intervene in time, a team at the German Heart Center Berlin (DHZB) has developed AI-based software that regularly evaluates all monitoring data and alerts staff before a critical situation is reached. With the establishment of x-cardiac GmbH,…
