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Institutions from the Rhine-Main region have come together in Frankfurt's Römer to form a new science network. The future cooperation in the "Frankfurt Alliance" was sealed with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. The Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research is one of the founding members of the new scientific alliance. more

Professor Dr. Wolfgang Schaper, long-standing director of the Max Planck Institute in Bad Nauheim, celebrated his 90th birthday on 11 January. The Institute's Board of Directors and staff would like to congratulate him on this special day! more

Reprogramming of certain white blood cells around tumor tissue inhibits tumor growth more

Professor Rajkumar Savai, MD, was awarded the Thoracic Oncology “Mid-Career Achievement Award” for his significant and meaningful contribution to thoracic oncology research at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in Washington, DC, USA. more

Special honour for the young scientist Fan Wu from the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim: At this year's annual meeting of the Max Planck Society, the researcher was awarded the Peter Hans Hofschneider Prize. more

German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, British Heart Foundation and the Dutch Heart Foundation provide 5.3 million euros to international research teams more

Number of macrophages in tumor tissue enables prognosis of lung tumor progression more