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The Center for Gender-specific Biology and Medicine (CGBM) is a scientific institution at the Medical Faculty of Saarland University. It serves to research fundamental mechanisms of gender-specific diseases in order to generate new knowledge for their prevention, diagnosis, and therapy.

 

 

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      The CGBM researches gender-specific aspects in the neurosciences, endocrinology, cardiology, physiology as well as in the fields of immunology, cell biology and organ development.

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Media report: “Are men's brains different? Saarbrücken research wants to change gender medicine”

The Saarbrücker Zeitung reports in a detailed article on the new DFG Priority Program (SPP) “SEXandGLIA: Sex-dependent mechanisms of neuroglial cell function in the context of health and disease” by Professor Schulze-Hentrich.

To the article in the Saarbrücker Zeitung

Save the date: 11th International Congress of the International Society for Gender Medicine

The 11th International Congress of the International Society for Gender Medicine will take place in Magdeburg on September 18 and 19, 2025.

The aim of the congress is to transfer findings from basic and clinical research into patient care, with a focus on an expanded range of indications and gender-specific, individualized treatment approaches - a decisive step towards personalized medicine.

Further information on the congress