- DZL
- Research
- Clinical Impact
- DZL Academy
- News
- Service
Modern health research aims to understand disease patterns so comprehensively that the earliest possible differentiated and personalised prevention can be realised. It goes beyond the prevention of risk factors. It also goes beyond the detection of diseases at an early stage. It takes genetic and environmental factors into account. This enables tailor-made steps to prevent disease. The latest edition of SYNERGIE explores the research methods employed by the German Centres for Health Research (DZG).
In lung diseases, too, changes in the airways often occur before patients feel any restrictions. What would it mean if we could intervene earlier — for those affected, for their relatives, and for society? DZG researchers are searching intensively for ways to detect widespread diseases as early as possible. This could enable patients to forge new paths in prevention.
In the editorial, Prof. Werner Seeger, Chairman of the DZL Board and Acting DZG Spokesperson, welcomes readers. He explains the importance of DZG research, stating that it provides “knowledge that changes lives”. In an interview with SYNERGIE, DZL researchers Prof. Susanne Krauss-Etschmann (Research Center Borstel, DZL site ARCN), Prof. Gesine Hansen (BREATH) and Prof. Miguel A. Alejandre Alcázar (UGMLC) talk about the fact that the lungs must be fully functional “from the first breath” and what is crucial for their development – even many years before birth.
SYNERGIE is published in German language. The articles can be read via our Website or in the E-Reader. werden. We also publish a printed version that might be subscribed to here.
‘Research for Health’ is the motto under which the German Centres for Health Research publish the SYNERGIE magazine twice a year, reporting on projects and successes in translational research.
The Federal Government’s health research programme primarily aims to combat common diseases more effectively. The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) and the federal states are creating the conditions for this by establishing the DZG as long-term, equal partnerships between non-university research institutions and universities and university hospitals. Several thousand basic researchers, clinical researchers, and doctors are working across research disciplines and organisational boundaries in one of Germany’s largest health research networks to bring medical progress to patients faster.
Text: jbul
