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Experimental Surgery receives inaugural AIM3R Award
The Department of Experimental Surgery at Knappschaft Kliniken University Hospital Bochum has received the AIM3R Award, presented for the first time by the Medical Faculty of Ruhr University Bochum. The prize honors an innovative 3D test system based on human cells that enables precise evaluation of implant materials entirely without animal testing.
New Player in Pulmonary Hypertension Discovered
Prof. Dr. Daniela Wenzel, Dr. Alexander Seidinger, and Dr. Michaela Matthey from the Chair of Systems Physiology at Ruhr University Bochum have identified Beta Arrestin 1 as a previously unsuspected player in pulmonary hypertension. The protein plays a key role in the transport of blood vessel–regulating signaling molecules and opens new perspectives for understanding the disease.