DGKL calls for strengthening preventive medicine for hepatitis B and C
The German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL) has spoken out to Prof. Josef Hecken, the impartial chairman of the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA), in favour of a significant strengthening of preventive medicine in the field of hepatitis B and...
Sports hormone irisin protects nerve cells in multiple sclerosis (MS)
The hormone-like molecule irisin, which is released by physical activity, could prevent nerve cells and synapses from destruction in multiple sclerosis (MS). This has been demonstrated in a mouse model by an international research team with the participation of the...
Automated, networked, sustainable: Strong for the diagnostics of tomorrow with the laboratory of the future
Die Anforderungen an die moderne Labordiagnostik wachsen rasant: Eine alternde Gesellschaft sorgt für ein kontinuierlich steigendes Probenaufkommen und eine wachsende Nachfrage nach personalisierter Medizin. Gleichzeitig steht die Branche vor zwei massiven Hürden:...
DIVI criticizes emergency reform draft
The German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) continues to see considerable deficits in the cabinet draft for the reform of emergency care. In a detailed statement, the professional society calls in particular for...
TMF and emergency societies welcome emergency reform and call for better data linking
The Technology and Methods Platform for Networked Medical Research (TMF), together with leading emergency medical societies, welcomes the goals of the cabinet draft for the reform of emergency care. The associations see the law as an important opportunity to digitize...
Fr1da study: Screening for early type 1 diabetes in pediatric practices successful and practicable
Population-wide screening for early stages of type 1 diabetes in regular pediatric care is permanently feasible and detects the majority of future cases of the disease at an early stage. This is shown by the results of the Fr1da study, which has been running since...
Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) calls for improvements to the GeDIG draft law
The impartial members of the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) generally welcome the goals of the planned Act for Data and Digital Innovation in Health Care (GeDIG), but call for improvements in several places. In their statement of 18 May 2026, they criticise in...
New immune cells discovered in the Alzheimer’s brain
Researchers at the Institute of Anatomy at Leipzig University, in collaboration with international partners, have identified a previously unknown subgroup of immune cells in the brain tissue of Alzheimer's patients. The discovery was made possible by a newly developed...
Ebola outbreak: No vaccine, limited diagnostic options
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern. The rare bundibugyo virus is affected, for which neither an approved vaccine nor a specific...
AI tool maps disease-related changes in the entire mouse body for the first time
For the first time, a new AI-supported framework enables high-resolution whole-body analyses of intact mice, revealing previously unknown systemic damage in obesity. Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich have used the...
