Sugar tax: More than 40 associations call for soda levy before CDU party conference
More than 40 organisations from medicine, science, consumer protection and civil society support the initiative of the CDU Schleswig-Holstein for a manufacturer levy on high-sugar drinks. In an open letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the federal government and the...
Day of General Practice 2026 in Bochum is dedicated to future competencies in primary care
The 9th Bochum Day of General Practice will take place on 21 March 2026. The organizers are the Department of General Practice at Ruhr University Bochum and the Institute of General Practice and Outpatient Health Care at Witten/Herdecke University. The programme...
AI-supported mini-proteins to target pancreatic cancer
As part of its "German Pancreatic Cancer Cancer Alliance", German Cancer Aid is funding the PrepAIred project with 1.99 million euros over four years. The aim is to develop artificially intelligent mini-proteins that are intended to specifically attack pancreatic...
Liquid biopsy with AI enables precise diagnosis of common childhood brain tumors from cerebrospinal fluid
An international team of researchers has developed a method that can be used to reliably diagnose common brain tumors in childhood and adolescence solely on the basis of cell-free tumor DNA in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The method combines an optimized enzymatic...
Intelligent quality control for your Roche system: Discover Bio-Rad InteliQ
Maximum efficiency meets maximum precision. Streamline your lab workflow with InteliQ "Load-and-Go" quality controls, designed specifically for seamless integration on Roche cobas® and Siemens Atellica® platforms. In modern laboratory diagnostics, resources are...
Penile cancer: DEPECA-2 tests robot-assisted lymph node removal
A new nationwide clinical study led by the University Hospital Tübingen aims to improve the surgical treatment of penile cancer. The focus of the multicenter study DEPECA-2 is the comparison of robot-assisted and classic open removal of the inguinal lymph nodes. The...
3D microtumors enable precise prediction of chemotherapy efficacy in colorectal cancer
Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM) and the biotech company Xilis have developed a method that can predict which chemotherapy will work best for advanced...
Lower Saxony funds new therapy project against incurable biliary tract disease PSC
The state of Lower Saxony and the Volkswagen Foundation are supporting the "StopPSC" research project of the Hannover Medical School (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) with two million euros. The project is funded as part of the...
Care for the elderly: New ZQP guide protects against financial exploitation and fraud
The Center for Quality in Care (ZQP) has published a new short guide that supports family caregivers in protecting older people in need of care from financial exploitation and in taking the right action in the event of suspicion or incidents. The free and ad-free...
The only nationwide certificate for intensive care medicine will be visible in the Federal Hospital Atlas in the future
The German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI) has comprehensively revised its "Intensive Care Medicine" certificate and expanded it on a modular basis. The seal of quality, which has been in existence since 2014, is the only nationwide...
