The 2013 Oskar Medicine Prize was awarded to two DZL researchers from the UGMLC site, Prof. Dr. Andreas G\u00fcnther and Prof. Dr. Philipp Markart.\u00a0 They shared prize for their pioneering work on interstitial lung diseases.<\/p>\n
The award is granted by the Berlin-based Oskar-Helene-Heim Foundation (Stiftung) and comes with \u20ac50,000, making it one of the highest medicine prizes in Germany.<\/p>\n
Interstitial lung diseases are of great clinical significance.\u00a0 There are more than 100 different forms of this heterogeneous disease, characterized primarily by inflammation and fibrosis of the thin tissue wall between alveoli (the pulmonary interstitium).\u00a0 The most common symptom of interstitial lung disease is shortness of breath which generally worsens as the disease progresses.\u00a0 The cause of most cases of interstitial lung disease is not known, making treatment particularly challenging.\u00a0 Current therapeutic options include anti-inflammatory agents, long-term oxygen therapy, and in severe cases, lung transplantation.<\/p>\n
The award was granted to Profs. G\u00fcnther and Markart in recognition of their research on the pathogenic mechanisms of interstitial fibrotic lung diseases.\u00a0 The ultimate goal of their research is the development of innovative therapies to combat this major public health problem.\u00a0 The 2013 Oskar Medicine Prize was presented during the 3rd Congress of the Scientific Working Group for the Treatment of Lung Diseases (WATL) on January 24, 2014 in Berlin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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