share share share tweet email Auch wenn Autoimmunerkrankungen häufig vorkommen, fehlt uns in vielen Fällen ein Verständnis der zugrundeliegenden Mechanismen. In einer neuen Studie konnte das Team von Kaan Boztug über die Entdeckung einer neuen seltenen Erkrankung jetzt ein Schlüsselmolekül identifizieren, das für das Gleichgewicht im Immunsystem und somit die …
share share share tweet email Loss of the interleukin-6 receptor causes immunodeficiency, atopy, and abnormal inflammatory responses Thaventhiran, J., Spencer, S., Kostel Bal, S., Egner, W., Lango Allen, H., Syed, I. R., Ma, C. A., et al. Journal of Experimental Medicine https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.40904 Abstract IL-6 excess is central to the pathogenesis …
share share share tweet email Two prizes awarded for the first time by the Johann Wilhelm Ritter von Mannagetta Foundation go to the physicians Kaan Boztug and Elisabeth Salzer. (f.l.t.r): Elisabeth Salzer, MD, Assoc.-Prof. Kaan Boztug, MD (Photo: LBI-RUD) With Kaan Boztug, the director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute …
share share share tweet email With 20,000 new diagnoses and 6,000 deaths per year, childhood cancer is the deadliest disease in Europe among children over one year of age. Austria is one of Europe's leading countries in the treatment of childhood cancer due to the pioneering research performed at the …
share share share tweet email We are happy to announce that in October 2018, the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) awarded two projects to our scientific experts Dr. Sabine Taschner-Mandl and Dr. Eleni Tomazou, together with their teams from the research units Tumour Biology and Epigenome-based Precision Medicine. The …
share share share tweet email We are happy to announce that CCRI-Partner Kaan Boztug, Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases (LBI-RUD), has received the highly renowned Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for his research on inborn errors of the innate immune system.…
share share share tweet email ÖGJK-Ehrungen und -Preise gehen an Mitarbeiter der St. Anna Kinderkrebsforschung und dem St. Anna Kinderspital. Von der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (ÖGKJ) werden jedes Jahr ÖGKJ-Mitglieder ausgezeichnet. Anlässlich der 56. Jahrestagung wurden Wissenschafts-Ehrungen und -Preise unter anderem an Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter der St. …
share share share tweet email EU-Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis European Health Initiative put to the test. St. Anna Children´s Hospital as the Driving Force. The development and future of the European Network against Childhood Cancer (ERN PaedCan) will be the focus of an expert discussion with EU Commissioner for Health …
share share share tweet email Patients with congenital diarrheal disorders, a group of rare inherited diseases with largely unknown mechanisms, suffer from severe to life-threatening diarrhea and nutrient malabsorption from birth. Using state-of-the-art genetic and molecular biology analysis methods involving the revolutionary gut organoid technology, researchers from the LBI RUD …
share share share tweet email Symposium celebrating the 30th anniversary of the CCRI (Children´s Cancer Research Institute). From Lab to Life – Childhood Cancer Research Initiatives It is our great pleasure to announce that the Children´s Cancer Research Institute will celebrate its 30-year anniversary with an expert symposium on trends …