GATA1 mutation fuels leukemia development in children with Down syndrome
Children with Down syndrome have a greatly increased risk of myeloid leukemia. An international research team has now for the first time traced the molecular steps that turn a temporary precursor into real cancer. The scientists identified the mutation in the GATA1...
Resilience is related to altered processing of visual stimuli in the brain
Resilience is not a fixed trait, but is based on active neurobiological changes in the brain. A joint study by the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), the University Medical Center Halle and the University of Münster shows for the first time that...
World Laboratory Day 2026: “Almost nothing works in health care without a laboratory”
In an interview with MedLabPortal, DGKL CEO Jan Wolter discusses the importance of laboratory medicine from the patient's point of view. The occasion is today's World Laboratory Day. MedLabPortal: Mr. Wolter, as every year, April 23 is World Laboratory Day. Why do we...
Post for Warken: Specialist societies call for strict medical responsibility for laboratory services
The leading professional societies and associations of laboratory medicine have sent Federal Minister of Health Nina Warken and other top representatives of the medical profession an updated, 45-page position paper on the personal provision of medical laboratory...
Analysis: Groundbreaking Advances in Laboratory Medicine in China
Over the past two years, China has become one of the leading locations for high-precision and scalable diagnostic procedures. Advances are focused on ultrasensitive liquid biopsy, CRISPR-based rapid tests, and AI-powered automation in clinical laboratories. These...
Living drugs and simulated humans: Charité and TU Berlin open two new research centers
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin opened the two research centers "Berlin Center for Advanced Therapies" (BeCAT) and "Der Simulierte Mensch" (Si-M) on April 22, 2026. The state-of-the-art buildings on the Biotechnology and Medical...
LDL cholesterol is too rarely lowered in German medical practices in accordance with guidelines
In Germany, it is rarely possible to sufficiently lower the LDL cholesterol of high-risk patients in accordance with the guidelines. This significantly increases the risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure. Women and older people are particularly affected by...
Hope for children with chronic heart failure
In children with severe heart failure (dilated cardiomyopathy), surgical narrowing of the pulmonary artery (banding) can trigger regenerative processes in the heart. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn have demonstrated in a...
Medicine: New measurement methods to uncover hidden biases in AI language models
Language models such as ChatGPT are not neutral. During training, they unconsciously pick up on prejudices about gender and ethnicity and reinforce them. In his doctoral thesis, AI researcher Oskar van der Wal has developed new measurement methods that can be used to...
Blood values in the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
Humpback whale Timmy is still keeping Germany in suspense - but what about laboratory values in whales? MedLabPortal summarizes the scientific state of affairs using the example of the blue whale . The blue whale is the largest animal on earth. Blood tests on wild...
