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Britta Majchrzak-Stiller retrieves the frozen cells from cold storage, which can be used to grow organoids.
©RUB, Marquard

Organoids help identify effective cancer treatments

Research

Researchers in Bochum are growing organoids from patients’ own pancreatic cancer cells to test cancer drugs. The frozen cell lines could pave the way for personalised treatments and help reduce the number of animals used in experiments.

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St. Josef Hospital is part of the University Hospital of Ruhr University Bochum. The photograph shows the hospital’s main entrance.
©RUB, Kramer

Brain changes identified in rare muscle disease

Research

A Bochum research team has identified an enlargement of the choroid plexus in people with myotonic dystrophy for the first time. The findings offer new insights into possible disease mechanisms in the brain.

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Prof. Dr Tobias Ruck from the Department of Neurology at Bergmannsheil University Hospital Bochum.
©RUB, Kramer

Prof. Dr. Tobias Ruck bridges the gap between research and clinical care

University Medicine Bochum

How can laboratory findings lead to better diagnostics and new treatments? Neurologist Prof. Dr. Tobias Ruck combines clinical observations with molecular research, highlighting why knowledge must flow in both directions between the laboratory and patient care.

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At the ceremony marking ten years of university medicine in East Westphalia-Lippe, more than 40 scientific posters were presented, as shown in this photograph.
© Mühlenkreiskliniken

Ten Years of Medical Campus OWL: A Successful Collaboration

University Medicine Bochum

More than 1,000 scientific publications and around 400 doctors trained: Ten years after the launch of the Medical Campus OWL, Ruhr University Bochum and its partners celebrate the success of their collaboration in research, teaching and regional healthcare.

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[Translate to English:] Es handelt sich um ein Gruppenfoto der Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie beim DGAI-Jahreskongress 2026.
©Knappschaft Kliniken Universitätsklinikum Bochum

Bochum anaesthesiology team wins multiple awards

University Medicine Bochum

At the annual congress of the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI), Dr Britta Westhus received the DGAI Research Fellowship, funded by the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation and worth €15,000, for her research into sepsis. The team at Knappschaft Kliniken University Hospital Bochum also achieved success in the scientific presentation competition and secured two travel grants.

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