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HALT – Healthy inflammAging by deceLerating the Transition from chronic inflammation into age-related diseases

Institution: Department of Medicine I-III, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel
Applicants: Prof. Dr. Konrad Aden (speaker), Prof. Dr. Claudia Baldus (co-spokesperson), Prof. Dr. Jan Heyckendorf (co-spokesperson)
Funding line:
Else Kröner Research Schools
HALT – Healthy inflammAging by deceLerating the Transition from chronic inflammation into age-related diseases
The Clinician Scientist College HALT investigates how chronic low-grade inflammatory processes accelerate the transition to age-related diseases and how this process can be slowed down.
(© Prof. Dr. Konrad Aden, UKSH, Kiel)

Many age-related diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular or metabolic disorders develop slowly and remain unnoticed for a long time. A key driver is a chronic, low-grade inflammation in the body, similar to what is observed in chronic inflammatory diseases such as Crohn’s disease or rheumatoid arthritis. In the HALT research program, the scientists investigate why this process progresses more rapidly in some individuals and how it can be slowed down. The goal is to develop new preventive and therapeutic strategies to help people maintain health and quality of life for longer.