Myasthenia gravis is a rare neurological autoimmune disease characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness that worsens with activity. About 17,000 people in Germany suffer from the disease. Many struggle to access appropriate care, especially if they need complex immunotherapies. The start-up RareLink now aims to address this gap with its MyaLink…
Researchers from the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, in collaboration with international colleagues, published a paper in Nature Genetics on a method to detect evolutionary conserved enhancers that diverged so much that their DNA sequences do not match anymore. In an interview, Dr.…
With the support of SPARK-BIH and the BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy (BIA), the first cohorts in the project and personal funding programs of the National Strategy for Gene- and Cell-Based Therapies (GCT) have been selected. Within the project funding according to the SPARK method, 17 projects from 13 cities throughout Germany are being funded…
Do you have an innovative idea or questions concerning IP and patents? The Idea Office is a service offered by Charité BIH Innovation, the joint technology transfer of Charité and the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH). It has been organized by Bettina Otto and Thomas Marek Wallach since 2022 and was supported as part of the project Detect & Dispatch…
Aiming to bridge the gap between cutting-edge biomedical research and real-world clinical application, the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) entered into an agreement with BioLabs, an internationally known innovation laboratory platform with a network of shared lab and office workspaces, to support operations at the full-service BIH…
Researchers at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have developed a customized single-cell approach that enables precision diagnostics in myelodysplastic neoplasia. In an interview, Dr. Samantha Praktiknjo, head of the study and last author of the publication, talks about her research results.
In order to create health data spaces that are in the interests of citizens, the European Health Data Alliance e.V. was founded at the end of 2023. We interviewed its chairman of the board Prof. Roland Eils, founding director of the Center of Digital Health.
Dr. Maik Pietzner receives a W2 professorship for life for “Health Data Modeling” at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH). His aim is to find disease-specific small changes in genes and thus target structures for innovative drugs. Using machine learning (ML) to mine huge amounts of heterogenous data sources, he wants to identify new…
Recovery Cat is an app that provides digital therapy support to people with severe mental illnesses. Effective immediately, patients who are insured with Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) can use the Recovery Cat service free of charge. Further insurances will follow. A spin-off from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Berlin Institute of Health…
