Today, the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) officially handed over the National Strategy for Gene and Cell Therapies to Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP). Some 150 experts from various stakeholder groups drew up the paper and developed a road map for improving healthcare and strengthening Germany as a hub for gene…
The exhibition “Berlin – Capital of Women Scientists” is garnering international attention as it travels to Berlin’s partner cities. The exhibition tour – which has already included stops in Prague, Tokyo and Budapest – is organized in collaboration with Goethe-Institut branches and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
The BIH Digital Health Accelerator’s annual Demo Day returned on Tuesday, May 28, for its 7th iteration with a jam-packed evening of talks, pitches, and networking at Haus Ungarn near Berlin City Hall.
When bone fractures occur, there is a 10 to 15 percent chance that the fracture will not heal properly despite state-of-the-art surgical care. This complication, called pseudarthrosis, can often only be treated with several complicated follow-up surgeries. A study by scientists from the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH), in collaboration…
Scientists from the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) and Open Targets together with colleagues from the University of Cambridge, and Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, UK, uncovered mechanisms driving regeneration of the liver during chronic liver disease. This regenerative process allows the liver to repair itself when chronically…
Researchers at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) have used brain simulations to develop a theory on the formation of traveling waves of activity. These waves influence cognitive processes in the human brain such as learning or remembering. Understanding traveling waves of activity can support in treating patients with cognitive…
The BoneGuide team is one step closer to making its transformative bone healing technology available to healthcare providers and patients alike. BoneGuide is a project of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and is supported by Charité BIH Innovation. On May 1, 2024, Aaron Herrera and his team officially entered the first phase of the EXIST…
In the fall of 2022, the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) was commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to coordinate and moderate a national strategy for gene- and cell-based therapies.
