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Krankenhausreform: Seltene Erkrankungen nicht vergessen!

Am 10. Juli 2023 haben sich Bund und Länder auf die Eckpunkte für die Krankenhausreform geeinigt. In diesem Zusammenhang appelliert die Eva Luise und Horst Köhler Stiftung an die politisch Verantwortlichen: Menschen mit Seltenen Erkrankungen dürfen nicht vergessen werden!

Film portrait Nicole Schlautmann

How innovative drugs for rare diseases are developed

"Thank you for my life!" The man who says this to Nicole Schlautmann should, statistically speaking, already be dead. The fact that he can still report on his health progress is largely due to an innovative drug that was developed shortly before. It is moments like this that drive the biology graduate. Today, she holds an executive position at the international pharmaceutical company Pfizer, where she contributes her passion for the "rare" as Managing Director in Austria.

Filmporträt Prof. Dr. Christopher Baum

How does knowledge come into effect?

"We take care of the process of how knowledge comes into effect," says Christopher Baum, summarizing the mission of the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH). In order to bring new findings quickly into application, he says, it is essential to "go beyond the boundaries of one's own laboratory." Well-coordinated collaboration allows necessary steps to be worked through in parallel. Baum is convinced that this can shorten the development of new therapies by years. This is why it is not possible without broad alliances that also bring industry on board in good time.

Filmporträt Familie Kiefer

Diagnosis NEDAMSS: When children irrecoverably forget what they have learned

Johnny is just one year old when he and his parents are diagnosed with NEDAMSS (NEurodevelopmental Disorder with regression, Abnormal Movements, loss of Speech, and Seizure). There are only 21 affected children worldwide at this time. Without treatment options, the very rare disease will gradually take away everything Johnny has learned up to this point.

Research Award

Call for applications for the 16th Eva Luise Köhler Research Award for Rare Diseases

In order to improve medical care for the "orphans of medicine", the Eva Luise and Horst Köhler Foundation in cooperation with ACHSE e. V. has been granting a research award for rare diseases since 2008. Applications for the 16th research award, which will be awarded in Berlin in May 2024, can be submitted until September 17, 2023.

15. Eva Luise Köhler Research Award

"A truly strong team" - Eva Luise Köhler honors Tübingen brain researcher and parents' initiative

In a festive award ceremony, Eva Luise Köhler presented the 15th Eva Luise Köhler Research Award for Rare Diseases to Dr. Simone Mayer, a molecular biologist from Tübingen, and Dr. Axel Lankenau and Dr. Julia Matilainen from the self-help association PCH-Familie.

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Film project by Britta Wauer

Showing face for more research on rare diseases

In the midst of the pandemic, filmmaker Britta Wauer portrayed companions and supporters of our foundation's work. In twelve episodes, the Grimme Award winner explores what drives people who work in research and science, in treatment rooms, meeting rooms or at their desks at home to ensure that (their) children with rare diseases can hope for urgently needed therapies.

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Research Award

15.06.2023

Call for applications for the 16th Eva Luise Köhler Research Award for Rare Diseases

RESEARCH AWARD 2015 - UPDATE

04.01.2023

When cilia remain motionless: Researcher identifies 40 genetic defects

The Eva Luise Köhler Research Award has been granted annually since 2008 to promote research into rare diseases. The awarded money of €50,000 each has already enabled more than a dozen innovative research projects to be launched. The 2015 award winner, Prof. Dr. Heymut Omran, told journalist Sandra Arens how his research in the field of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia has developed since he received the award.

RESEARCH AWARD 2009 - UPDATE

27.10.2022

Vulnerable as a butterfly - New drugs against epidermis bullosa

The Eva Luise Köhler Research Award has been granted annually since 2008 to promote research into rare diseases. The awarded money of €50,000 each has already enabled more than a dozen innovative research projects to be launched. The 2009 award winner, Prof. Dr. Leena Bruckner-Tuderman told journalist Sandra Arens how her research in the field of epidermis bullosa has developed since the 2009 award.

RESEARCH AWARD 2008 - UPDATE

21.09.2022

Overcoming boundaries and saving lives with the "turbo enzyme"

The Eva Luise Köhler Research Award has been granted annually since 2008 to promote research into rare diseases.
The awarded money of €50,000 each has already enabled more than a dozen innovative research projects to be launched. Journalist Sandra Arens asked the first award winners, Prof. Dr. Volkmar Gieselmann and Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Galla, how their research on lysosomal storage disorders has developed since they received the award in 2008.

RESEARCH AWARD 2018

28.02.2018

Help for children with severe early childhood epilepsy

Für ihre Forschung zur Behandlung einer besonders schweren frühkindlichen Form der Epilepsie erhielt Dr. Ulrike Hedrich-Klimosch, Biologin am Hertie-Institut für klinische Hirnforschung in Tübingen, gemeinsam mit Dr. Stephan Lauxmann und Prof. Dr. Holger Lerche vom Universitätsklinikum Tübingen den Eva Luise Köhler Forschungspreis 2018.

RECOGNITION AWARD 2015

28.02.2015

Sickle cell disease - newborn screening saves lives

Der Kinderarzt Dr. Stephan Lobitz hat maßgeblich dazu beigetragen, dass die Untersuchung auf die Sichelzellerkrankung im Jahr 2021 in das reguläre Neugeborenenscreening in Deutschland aufgenommen wurde. Den Anerkennungspreis der Eva Luise und Horst Köhler Stiftung für Seltene Erkrankungen erhielt er bereits 2015.

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