Heart valves that grow with the patient( From Regenerative Biology to Reconstruc...)

Date:10/21/2008

"From Regenerative Biology to Reconstructive Therapy" (Rebirth) at the MHH, in which Haverich is developing new methods of growing tissue in his role as coordinator. All this has convinced the jury made up of renowned experts from science and business in the preliminary selection for the Federal President's Future Prize.

The German Future Prize has been awarded annually since 1997 and is considered the most important innovation award in Germany. It is given by the Federal President to honour scientists and inventors who, based on excellent research, initiate the process of bringing credible projects and products to the market. This, in the DFG's view, is what Axel Haverich does outstandingly well: "Professor Haverich is a surgeon and scientist recognised the world over with outstanding publications and patents, who at his clinic promotes an extraordinarily technology- and innovation-friendly climate," emphasised DFG President Professor Matthias Kleiner.

Haverich stands for the combination of research and clinical practice at the highest level, continued Kleiner, and is moreover committed in many different ways to scientific self-governance, most of all in the DFG Senate, of which he was a member from 2001 to 2007, and in the Senate Commission for Clinical Research.

But the nomination for the Future Prize is not only a distinction for Haverich himself, but also an affirmation of the Leibniz Prize, emphasised the DFG President. The prize, which has been awarded since 1986, brings its winners not only worldwide renown and large prize money, but also the freedom to use this money for independent research projects of their choice with a minimum of red tape. Six Leibniz recipients later went on to receive the Nobel Prize. "These heart valves that grow with the patient are impressive evidence for the forward-looking way in which this freedom can be used," Kleiner said. With his pioneering development Haverich certainly has a good chance of succ
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Contact: Dr. Eva-Maria Streier em.streier@dfg.de 49-228-885-2250 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Source:Eurekalert

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