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REBIRTH researchers discover new diagnostic option for cardiac insufficiency in pregnant women

Researchers at Hannover Medical School (MHH) have discovered a new therapeutic and diagnostic option for pregnancy-associated heart failure – also known as peripartum or postpartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM). “We’ve found that PPCM... [more]

An immune-system regulator discovered

Natural killer T cells (NKT cells) have been dubbed the ‘Swiss army knives of the immune system’ because they are so versatile: they can directly kill virus-infected cells and tumour cells and either stimulate or suppress the... [more]

Steinbrück visits REBIRTH

Today, the chancelor candidate Peer Steinbrück and Stefan Schostok, one of Hannover's mayor candidates, visited the Excellence Cluster REBIRTH.  [more]

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Welcome to REBIRTH

With the enthusiastic support of six important partner institutions, Hannover Medical School (MHH) in 2006 has established a Cluster of Excellence in the area of Regenerative Biology and Reconstructive Therapies, acronym REBIRTH. 

The goal of the Excellence Initiative is to strengthen cutting-edge research in Germany and to improve its international competitiveness. Outstanding projects are funded as Clusters of Excellence which focus on the research potential at university locations in Germany and, hence, strengthen their international visibility.