Environmental Health

Kids playing on the meadow in the sunny day

A new research initiative, spearheaded by Prof. Michael Schloter in collaboration with Dr. Laura Wengenroth from the LMU Hospital Munich, is dedicated to exploring how the rural environment provides long-term protection against asthma and allergies.…

A mystery that has puzzled the scientific community for over 50 years has finally been solved. A team from Helmholtz Munich and Linköping University, Sweden, has discovered that a certain type of chemical reaction can explain why organic matter found…

Interview with Prof. Önder Yildirim about nutrition and COPD.

Scientists have reached a milestone in the research of childhood asthma. For the first time, they have clarified how a certain genetic defect in children initially leads to frequent infections and later to asthma. The study, published in the American…

An interview with Prof. Markus Diefenbacher, new Principal Investigator (PI) at the Helmholtz Munich Institute for Lung Health and Immunity

Prof. Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann explains how climate change affects our health. The environmental medicine specialist focuses on the prevention of allergic diseases such as hay fever and neurodermatitis.

Environmental Health

News

New Study: Rural Environment and Long-Term Asthma Prevention

A Chemical Mystery Solved: The Reaction Explaining Large Carbon Sinks

What you eat is what you breathe

Asthma in Children: Researchers Envision Novel Drug to Reduce the Risk of the Disease

Tracking Down the Genetics of Tumors

Resilient to Climate Change and Preventing Allergies