BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies

The BCRT is an interdisciplinary translational center. We conduct research on the body's own healing processes and develop new therapies and diagnostics.

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    Bone Fractures: The Cellular Environment Is Crucial for Healing

    How well a bone heals after a fracture depends not only on individual cell types. The immediate environment in which these cells communicate with one another also plays a crucial role. A new study by researchers at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) shows how immune cells and bone cells…

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    Girls’ Day at the Berlin Institute of Health 2026

    On 23 April 2026, a total of eleven research groups opened their doors to give schoolgirls from across Berlin a fascinating insight into their work. Around 120 girls aged between 12 and 17 visited the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, where they were able to…

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    New Insights into the Immune Cells of the Liver

    The liver plays a central role in the body’s metabolism and immune regulation. Yet, many cellular mechanisms involved in liver diseases remain only partially understood. Researchers from Charité, Si-M – The Simulated Human and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have now gained crucial…

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    3D printing in microgravity paves way for biological bandages for astronauts

    Researchers at the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité, in collaboration with the technology firm Cellbricks, have developed a 3D printer capable of producing biological bandages. These custom-fit wound dressings are designed to seal large-scale injuries and could offer a transformative…

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    When DNA Changes, but Genetic Regulation Remains

    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…

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    On a mission to cure HIV: Christian Gaebler receives ERC Starting Grant

    Prof. Christian Gaebler, an HIV researcher at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, has a goal: to develop treatments that cure HIV infection in patients or prompt the immune system to keep the virus in check in the long term, even without medications.

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    Receptors in the periosteum accelerate bone fracture healing

    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…

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    Researchers of the BIH decipher mechanisms of liver regeneration

    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…

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    EXIST Transfer of Research program gives go-ahead for BoneGuide

    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…

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Education

The Berlin School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT) promotes the interdisciplinary education of young scientists at the cutting edge of international research.

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BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT)

Phone:
+49 (0)30 450 539 500
E-mail:
contact[at]b-crt.de
Address:
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
Augustenburger Platz 1
(Besucher: Föhrer Str. 15)
13353 Berlin