Doctors and researchers from Karlsruhe Municipal Hospital and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology explain three fundamental phenomena of human life in an understandable way and present current scientific developments in these fields of medicine. The medical science journey at EFFEKTE begins at birth with a look into the past, present and future. The exciting journey continues with blood and haematopoiesis as well as current research on stem cells in bone marrow. It ends with the heart and the latest ways of keeping the heart rhythm in time.