100 balloons for people with immune disorders
Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency and kindergarten set an example during World Congenital Immunodeficiency WeekWorld Congenital Immunodeficiency Week will take place from April 22 to 29, 2017, ending with the International Day of Immunology on April 29, 2017. The aim is to inform the public about the importance of the immune system for our society. The aim is to address the latest research findings and educate the general public about the function and dysfunction of the immune system.
Physicians from the Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI) at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg gathered with children from the neighboring Uniklinik kindergarten in front of the Center for Translational Cell Research on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Together, they released 100 balloons to remember people with rare and often life-threatening immune diseases and their families.
The CCI is dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of immunodeficiencies and research into the immune system. It has become the most important point of contact in Germany for patients with immune diseases. Immunodeficiencies are rare diseases. One in 5,000 children in Germany is born with an immunodeficiency. There are more than 300 variants. "On average, it takes five years for an immunodeficiency to be correctly diagnosed and treated. This is a difficult and often life-threatening time for those affected," says Prof. Dr. Klaus Warnatz, senior physician at the Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg. Immunodeficiencies can often only be researched, diagnosed and treated in specialist centers such as the CCI.
About the CCI
The Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI) at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg is an integrated research and treatment center that has been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since 2008. The work of the CCI aims to better understand immune diseases through the collaboration of experts from different disciplines, so that immunodeficiency can be recognized earlier and treated more effectively.
Caption: 100 balloons for people with immune disorders: Physicians from the Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency and children from the Uniklinik Freiburg kindergarten took part in a worldwide campaign to raise awareness of people with rare immune diseases.
Image rights: Medical Center - University of Freiburg/Britt Schilling
Contact:
Julia Andris
Public Relations Officer
Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency
at the Center for Translational Cell Research
Medical Center - University of Freiburg
Phone: 0761 270-77695
julia.andris@uniklinik-freiburg.de
