First female dean in 549 years: Professor Sara Y. Brucker heads the Faculty of Medicine in Tübingen
For the first time in its almost 550-year history, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tübingen has elected a woman to its leadership. Professor Dr. Sara Y. Brucker, Medical Director of the University Women's Hospital and Head of the Department of Women's...
Cell-based screening: New method allows identification of molecular adhesives
Researchers from the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the AITHYRA Research Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence and the Scripps Research Institute have developed a systematic method to identify molecular...
Charité and BIH establish ARC Innovation Center for faster medical innovations
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) have founded an ARC Innovation Center. ARC stands for Accelerate, Redesign, Collaborate. The new center is intended to accelerate medical innovation and shorten the transfer of...
HZI researchers make bacterial capsule transport channel atomically visible
Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig have for the first time imaged the central transport channel for the protective bacterial capsule at the atomic level in three dimensions. With the help of cryo-electron microscopy, they...
Roche opens high-tech innovation centre for diagnostics in Penzberg
On February 12, 2026, the pharmaceutical company Roche officially inaugurated one of the world's most modern development centers for in vitro diagnostics in Penzberg. The company has invested around 300 million euros in the new building, which is around 23,000 square...
German Medical Association: Doctors bear responsibility for planetary health
The Central Ethics Committee at the German Medical Association (ZEKO) has published a statement on "Planetary Health and Medical Responsibility". In it, she emphasizes the growing confrontation of doctors with the health consequences of ecological crises, especially...
Dresden: Around 5000 people form a chain to commemorate the bombing 81 years ago
Around 5000 people formed a human chain in Dresden's city center on February 13, 2026 to commemorate the destruction of the city by Allied air strikes 81 years ago and to set an example for democracy, peace and solidarity. The chain closed at 6:00 p.m. to the ringing...
Cochrane Review: Intermittent Fasting Causes Hardly More Weight Loss in Overweight Than Other Diets
Intermittent fasting is likely to result in no or only minimally higher weight loss in adults with overweight or obesity than conventional diets with continuous calorie reduction. Compared to no structured change in diet, a small effect is likely. This is the result...
Interview: KKH CEO Dr. Wolfgang Matz on billing fraud, AI and the future of statutory health insurance
In an interview with MedLabPortal , Dr. Wolfgang Matz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse, talks about record losses due to billing fraud, KKH's recipe for success, the role of whistleblowers and the need for cross-health insurance...
DKFZ identifies key factor for radiation damage to the skin
Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich have discovered a central molecular trigger for chronic skin damage after radiation therapy. The protein Dickkopf-3 (DKK3) plays a crucial role in the...
