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Female mammals – including humans – are born with all of their egg cells. Of a woman’s one to two million egg cells, about 400 mature before menopause and can be fertilized. Some egg cells therefore survive for several decades – and need to remain functional over this long time.

Special exhibition at the Forum Wissen   How does a “patch” for the heart work? Can we hear with light? And how can insights from basic research be used to help diagnose and treat diseases? The “Heart & Brain – understanding together” exhibition examines these and related questions between these

Following the launch of the German Centre for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ) at the beginning of June, children and teenagers are now to be actively involved in the centre’s research and organisation. Young people can and should have a say in health issues – that is the aim of

After twelve years, funding for the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1002 “Modulatory Units in Heart Failure”, which is based at the Heart Centre of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), will end on 30 June 2024. New diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for the treatment of heart failure were developed and

In a study with 991 adults, scientists at DZNE show that the most common forms of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) as well as the neurological diseases amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) can be recognised by blood testing. Their procedure is not yet ready for routine medical use,

The draft proposal for the life science incubator GOe FUTURE of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) has been selected for the final round of the “Startup Factories” flagship competition organised by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK). The announcement was made by Federal Economics Minister Dr.

German Centre for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ) will become a new partner of the German Centres for Health Research (DZG) from 1 June 2024. The nationally organised and networked research centre will receive 30 million euros in funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research during the two-year

Adressing an emotional topic with transparency and facts   Animal experiments in research is a topic that is often less about facts and more about emotionally charged opinions. This is also due to the fact that scientists are often reluctant to comment on the subject, if at all. The scientific

Professor Gerd Hasenfuß received the Leopold Lichtwitz Medal of the German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM) at the annual congress in recognition of his great services to internal medicine. Hasenfuß has been Director of the Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology since 1998, University Professor of Internal Medicine at the University

During this year’s spring conference of the German Physical Society (DPG), MBExC member Viola Priesemann received the Young Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics. The physicist conducts research at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) and the University of Göttingen. The prize is endowed with 7,500 euros