Helmholtz Zentrum München - Facts
Helmholtz Zentrum München is the German Research Center for Environmental
Health. It investigates important common diseases which develop from the interaction of lifestyle, environmental factors and personal genetic background, focusing particularly on lung diseases, metabolic diseases and diseases of the nervous system.
The research mission of Helmholtz Zentrum München is to increase understanding
of disease mechanisms which affect human beings and essential parts of
their environment. The Center is developing the fundamental principles for the
medicine of the future and for a personalized medicine focused on addressing
the causes of disease.