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  • Heidelberg virologist receives the highest medical science award of the USA

    01.09.2016

    For his work on the propagation of the Hepatitis C virus in cell culture systems, Professor Dr. Ralf Bartenschlager receives the 'unofficial American Nobel Prize in Medicine'.

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  • New surgery Europe-wide: spina bifida successfully operated within the womb

    03.08.2016

    The operative approach within the womb at Heidelberg University Hospital, unique in Europe, can markedly reduce severe spinal cord damage.

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  • 'Locomat' helps patients learn to walk again

    01.08.2016

    The Spinal Cord Injury Center puts the latest gait robot into operation. New features improve the early therapy for incomplete spinal cord lesions.

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  • New therapies for skin cancer

    07.06.2016

    Advanced-stage skin cancer can be very dangerous. Using immunotherapies with scattered skin cancer increase the chances of a longer survival.

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  • More than 30 years of stem cell transplants

    08.03.2016

    More than 30 years ago, the first patient at Heidelberg University Hospital was treated with stem cells from his own blood, one of the first stem cell transplants worldwide at the time. Today, Heidelberg is one of the largest centers of this kind in the world with over 300 transplants per year.

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