New issue of the DZG magazine SYNERGIE on the topic of “Regenerative Medicine”

Cell and gene therapies represent a paradigm shift in medicine, using living cells to treat diseases. Early applications demonstrate their significant potential in treating tumours, autoimmune diseases and metabolic disorders. Tissue and organ functions can be restored or renewed — like the ‘phoenix rising from the ashes’ on the cover of SYNERGIE, health can be regenerated. The German Centers for Health Research (DZG) are working to translate these approaches from basic research into clinical practice, thereby offering new hope to patients. The latest edition of SYNERGIE presents the achievements of the DZG.

In the editorial of the new issue, Research Minister Dorothee Bär outlines the objectives of German health research: finding cures for previously incurable diseases. In the DZL article, Prof. Nico Lachmann from Hannover Medical School (DZL site BREATH) describes why alveolar macrophages are ideal candidates for cell therapies to treat pneumonia and how they can be produced from inducible pluripotent stem cells.

How to read SYNERGIE? 

SYNERGIE is published in German language. The articles can be read via our Website or in the E-Reader. werden. We also publish a printed version that might be subscribed to here.

About SYNERGIE

‘Research for Health’ is the motto under which the German Centres for Health Research publish the SYNERGIE magazine twice a year, reporting on projects and successes in translational research.

About the German Centres for Health Research (DZG)

The main objective of the German government’s health research programme is to combat common diseases more effectively. The German Centers for Health Research (DZG) are long-term, equal partnerships between non-university research institutions, universities, and university hospitals. With their establishment, the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) and the federal states have created the conditions for close cooperation. Several thousand researchers and physicians are working within one of Germany’s largest health research networks, bringing medical progress to patients more quickly by working across research disciplines and organisational boundaries.

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