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Awards for groundbreaking research on stroke

15 Nov 2006 - This year´s Karolinska Stroke Award for Excellence in Stroke Research has been awarded to Professors Michael Hennerici, Germany, and Markku Kaste, Finland. The prize is to be bestowed at the Karolinska Stroke Update congress in Stockholm on 12-14 November 2006. A new study on thrombolysis treatment that was conducted simultaneously in 14 European countries will also be presented at the congress.
 
The international Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke Monitoring Study (SITS-MOST) included 6,483 patients and ran from 2003 to 2006. The international coordinator for the study was Professor Nils Wahlgren at Karolinska Institutet. The researchers expect the results of the study, which is currently under publication, to be of considerable importance to the future application of stroke therapies.
 
Professor Michael Hennerici works at Heidelberg University in Mannheim, Germany. He is awarded the Karolinska Stroke Award for Excellence in Stroke Research for his studies of arteriosclerosis in the blood vessels leading to the brain and its links with stroke, and for the development of his ultrasound diagnostic and treatment techniques for the disease.
 
Professor Markku Kaste works at Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland. He is honoured for his leading role in the development of thrombolysis treatment, the first evidence-based treatment of stroke, and for his exceptional ability to put the results of his research into clinical practice.