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Science Unchained - 25 Years since the Fall of the Wall

November 10, 2014

When the Iron Curtain between West and East Germany fell in November, 1989, it opened new possibilities for many scientists and researchers in the East, as well - among them Steffen Mitzner of the University of Rostock.

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In 1990, he took part in a symposium in Hannover, where he got the decisive inspiration to start work on what was to become a life-saving artificial liver, based on the model of the artificial kidney used in dialysis. It can ensure the survival of patients with acute liver failure until either a transplant can be arranged, or their own livers have had a chance to regenerate. For Tomorrow Today, Steffen Mitzner talks about how his career in research changed after the Fall of the Berlin Wall.