DFG to fund nine clini...( gative symptoms. This therapy has no si...)

gative symptoms. This therapy has no side effects and may be a big step forward, particularly since negative symptoms frequently remain even after the positive symptoms have healed.
(Total funding: 743,317. Coordinator: Stefan Klingberg, privatdocent at the University of Tbingen)

Cooling is the preferred method of organ preservation at most transplant centres in Europe. Now that there are indications of a drop in organ damage due to the use of so-called machine perfusion, or MP, in which liquid is pumped through the blood vessels of organs to be transplanted, interest in this alternative has recently increased. The clinical trial "Machine Perfusion Preservation versus Simple Cold Storage of Cadaveric Kidneys for Transplantation" is comparing the advantages and disadvantages of both methods and attempting to evaluate the effectiveness of MP on a more solid basis.
(Total funding: 120,500. Coordinator: Dr. Jrgen Treckmann, University of Duisburg-Essen)

The decision to establish the Clinical Trials programme was made in October 2003, and the first call for proposals was announced in November 2003. A total of 335 draft proposals were submitted. The interdisciplinary, international review panel was selected jointly by the DFG and BMBF. Each proposal was voted on by the ethics commission.

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Contact: Dr. Eva-Maria Streier
em.streier@dfg.de
49-228-885-2250
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
13-Sep-2005

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