His research has already led to groundbreaking knowledge – and will help in the development of new treatment methods for particularly difficult to control diseases in the future: diseases which lead to a weakening or failure of the immune system and reduce the quality of life or even threaten the life of those affected.
When Professor Charles Weissmann receives the Ernst Jung Gold Medal for Medicine this May, he will be honored for a life’s work which would easily have been enough to fill the lives of several outstanding researchers.
8The project has a an ambitious title: “The role of angiogenesis and the metastasis microenvironment within colorectal metastases”.
On the way from chromosome research to fighting cancer.
Professor Sir Salvador Moncada has made medical history.
Research on the ubiquitin signal pathway identify new modes of attack for medications.
Dr. Anita Kremer researches the ‘deployment’ of cellular defences.
The Jung Foundation for Science and Research of Hamburg is announcing the new winners of its prestigious awards for cutting-edge medicine to the public today.