USA: Harvard researcher flees from Trump to Mannheim
The social scientist Dr. Eirliani Abdul Rahman moved to the University of Mannheim at the beginning of March 2026 with a grant from the Baden-Württemberg Foundation. The Programme for International Academic Freedom is supporting them with around 1.8 million euros for...
Jochen Schmitt receives German Cancer Award 2026 for health services research
Prof. Jochen Schmitt, head of the Center for Evidence-Based Health Care (ZEGV) at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, will be awarded the German Cancer Award 2026 in the category of health services research. The award is given to the WiZEN project,...
Sirolimus-coated balloons reduce amputations in severe intermittent claudication
Sirolimus-beschichtete Ballonkatheter können bei Patienten mit peripherer arterieller Verschlusskrankheit (PAVK) die Zahl großer Amputationen und notfallmäßiger Eingriffe zur Beinerhaltung deutlich senken. Das zeigt die SirPAD-Studie der Klinik für Angiologie am...
Marburg researchers identify crucial protein for hearing
A research team at the Philipps University of Marburg has discovered a previously unknown protein that plays a central role in human hearing. The protein TMEM145 is an essential component of the outer hair cells in the inner ear and ensures the mechanical connection...
Hospital deaths: Experts see urgent need for action in the event of cardiovascular arrests in hospitals
In German hospitals, there are around 28,000 to 38,000 cardiac arrests outside intensive care units and operating theatres every year. Despite immediate resuscitation measures in 91 percent of cases, only about 20 percent of those affected survive. This was the result...
Psychotherapists demonstrate in Frankfurt against fee cuts
On April 11, 2026, the association unith e.V. will participate for the first time as a co-organizer in a demonstration in Hesse against the planned fee reduction of 4.5 percent for psychotherapeutic services by the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance...
New microscopy technique makes lipids visible in living cells without markers
A research team from Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a microscopy method that can be used to differentiate and map lipids in living cells without chemical labeling. These include cholesterol and sphingomyelin, among others....
Rapid test to detect vancomycin-resistant enterococci more reliably
Researchers at the University Hospital of Cologne and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), together with a Belgian industrial partner, are developing an antibody-based rapid test for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE). The test is intended to...
New hydrogel combines biological and electronic signals for medical implants
Researchers at the Technical University of Dresden and the Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research Dresden have succeeded in developing a bioinspired hydrogel that is soft, electrically conductive and biologically active at the same time. The material can bind...
Hospital reform threatens cancer patients
German Cancer Aid, the German Cancer Society and the German Cancer Research Center have warned of considerable risks for oncological care in Germany following the adoption of the Act on the Adaptation of the Hospital Reform (KHAG) in the Bundesrat. Extended exemptions...
