19.08.2022 Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a cancer predisposition syndrome that is caused by pathogenic TP53 variants and is associated with a massively increased cancer risk. It represents one of the

15.07.2022 The year 2021 was once again marked by the Corona pandemic, which had an enormous impact on all areas of Hannover Medical School (MHH). "We were able to show that we can handle such a pande

02.08.2022 Gene therapies aim to cure severe, barely treatable monogentic diseases caused by a defect in a single gene. Medical hopes are correspondingly high. Some gene therapies have already been ap

13.06.2022 Many people suffering from cancer ask themselves what they can do in their fight against cancer. The new Klaus Bahlsen Centre for Integrative Oncology in the Comprehensive Cancer Center (CC

13.06.2022 The Johann Georg Zimmermann Research Prize and the Johann Georg Zimmermann Medal are among the highest awards for merit in cancer research in Germany. The Förderstiftung MHH plus awarded th

31.05.2022 Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a malignant disease in which the precursor cells of the haematopoietic system multiply uncontrollably. This form of blood cancer is caused by genetic change

17.06.2022 More than 300,000 people suffer a heart attack in Germany every year. In this case, the heart muscle is no longer supplied with sufficient blood and oxygen, and part of the heart muscle tis

10.06.2022 Clinical researchers at Hannover Medical School (MHH) have succeeded for the first time worldwide in stopping the usually fatal course of the disease in severe pulmonary hypertension thanks

22.06.2022 Hepatitis D is by far the most severe form of chronic viral hepatitis, often leading to liver failure, liver cancer and death. However, knowledge about the disease is still very limited. Th