Applied research dedicated for the future

Human immune cells play a major role in health research, for example in the development of new cancer drugs. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicol-ogy and Experimental Medicine ITEM and the Hannover Medical School (MHH) have now developed a process that is free from animal testing and can be used to produce mature immune cells. With this method they can test the efficacy and safety of drug candidates directly in human drug targets.

19:52:50 | 2022-12-03

Electrolyte balance is an important factor in the diagnosis of serious diseases. Together with their partners, a team of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, HHI has now developed an optical mi-croring sensor for the quantitative determination of electrolytes. The sensor enables the precise analysis of very small amounts of blood.

When fingers become stiff, after an accident or as a result of a disease, this can put serious limitations on a person’s lifestyle. A solution developed by the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Additive Manufacturing Technologies IAPT, the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, the Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM and the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS could help to restore the mobility of fingers with damaged or deformed joints. This is also supported by an AI-based software that turns two-dimensional X-ray images into three-dimensional models of the finger bones and corrects any misalignment of the fingers.