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f. l. t. r. Craig Mello (Nobel Laureate in Medicine, chair of the jury for the Else Kröner Fresenius Prize), Anastasia Khvorova (Award winner 2025) and Dieter Schenk (Chairman of the EKFS Foundation Board)

RNA-based therapies: Hope for previously incurable diseases like Huntington’s disease

Anastasia Khvorova receives Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research during celebratory event marking Else Kröner’s 100th birthday

left to right: Dietmar Frey (Laudator, Director Charité Lab), Daniel Truhn (University Hospital RWTH Aachen), Jakob Nikolas Kather (EKFZ for Digital Health), Sebastian Foersch (University Hospital Mainz), Xiaofeng Jiang (EKFZ for Digital Health)

Felix Burda Award 2025: Research team around Prof. Jakob N. Kather honored for AI project on colorectal cancer prognosis

More precise diagnoses, better therapies: Using artificial intelligence, a research team at TU Dresden aims to significantly improve the chances of colorectal cancer patients and receives the renowned Felix Burda Award. The research team has developed a deep learning model that evaluates tissue samples and creates individual risk profiles. This helps physicians to better predict the progression of colorectal cancer in patients, allowing for more personalized and precise treatment.

Else Kröner Excellence Grants

New funding program to attract US-based medical researchers

Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung to make €10 million available to German universities in 2025

Prize for Medical Research 2025: Anastasia Khvorova

Invitation to the press - Announcement of the 2025 research prize winner: The 2025 Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research goes to RNA therapeutics for treating Huntington's disease

Invitation for press representatives only (registration required): Join Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA in celebrating the 100th birthday of Else Kröner

Dr. Angela Schulz, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Shining a Spotlight on Childhood Dementia: New Clinician Scientist Professorship for Rare Diseases

Eva Luise and Horst Köhler Foundation and Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation provide 1.1 million euros in funding for research and patient care

Clinician Scientist Professorships

Four new Else Kröner Clinician Scientist Professorships facilitate highest-caliber medicine in cases of cancerous, kidney and cardiometabolic diseases

EKFS couples the top-tier research and patient care performed by four medical doctors into foundation-endowed professorships

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Reentry after parental leave or supervisory care phase made easier

Else Kröner Clinician Scientist Return-To-Work Grants support medical doctors when returning to the clinical and research sectors after a family-related time-out

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Emergency medical relief for Ukraine scaled up by more than a million euros

Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung uses simplified application process to support non-profit organizations

Else Kröner Schools for Medical Scientists

Research in natural sciences and interdisciplinary cooperation in medicine receive funding

Grants to Else Kröner Schools for Medical Scientists amounting to 3.3 million euros awarded in the areas of immunology, genomics and inflammation.