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The free "e-symptomes" app is an extension of the allergy study conducted in the context of the EU research project HIALINE, headed by Prof. Jeroen Buters from the Helmholtz Zentrum München. People suffering from allergies and asthma can daily enter their symptoms in an electronic diary. It generates a statistical analysis and every...more

As of August 2013, the Helmholtz Association will be represented at the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (TAB) with two of its centres. This is the result of a vote amongst members of the Bundestag. The vote confirmed the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology...more

For the first time, in March, all "Ombudsmen for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice" from the 18 Helmholtz centres have met to exchange experiences and to further develop the standards of their work. They are contact persons in the event of scientific misdemeanour, for example, in the event of suspicion of data falsification, theft of...more

Prof. Stefan Pfister, molecular biologist at the German Cancer Research Center and pediatrician at the University Hospital Heidelberg, has been honoured with the translational part of the German Cancer Award. He has discovered changes in the genome of malign brain tumours in children. This discovery may provide approaches for developing new forms...more

Prof. Gabriele Multhoff from the Helmholtz Zentrum München and Dr Daniela Schilling from the Clinic for Radiation Therapy at the TU Munich are the joint recipients of funding from the Wilhelm Sander Foundation totalling 190,000 Euro. The scientists intend to use new approaches to treatment for improving the success rate of curing tumour diseases...more