EAACI 2018 Opening Film

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introduciton to allergy research in Munich and a portrait of Bavarian highlights and landscape.

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English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

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British (General)

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the majestic Alps. They divide Europe over a length of 1200 kilometres. This pollen cannot cross. Instead, it is floating through the air over Bavaria, a beautiful region in the south of Germany visited not only by pollen but also by 37 million human tourists. Each year, Germany's highest mountain soup bits almost 3000 metres high is virtually pollen free. Some of those daring to fly so high are trapped by scientists from Munich researching causes of allergies. 1/3 of the surface area of Bavaria is covered by nature reserves and national parks. There are also lots of farms protecting Children growing up here, particularly from grass allergies. A sightseeing highlight is the name from Ball Castle, for example, where the famous Bavarian fairy tale King Ludwig the second was born in 18 45 around the time Ludvig was crowned 150 years ago on introduced species arrived in Bavaria. Allergy inducing ambrosia has since then gained a strong foothold here. It's pollen, joining the wide overall variety of pollen. The Munich region is economically strong on one of the top research sites in Germany. Munich has 1.5 million inhabitants and two universities of excellence with more than 112,000 students. Thousands of researchers innovate in search of the answers to the most pressing questions of our day and age. Rex. To ease our is the medical school of the Technical University of Munich. 300 professors look after more than 300,000 patients per year. A lot of them suffer from something insidious that continues to become a widespread disease. The good news is that Munich has a very active allergy research community. The centre of allergy and environment has unique capabilities to tackle allergy research from all relevant angles.