Charité: Research year 2025 with top achievements
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin can look back on an outstanding research year in 2025. Innovative projects, clinical trials and international funding successes underline its position as one of the most research-intensive medical institutions in Europe. Highlights...
One Health: New statistical methods improve gene mapping in livestock
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed new statistical methods that significantly refine the fine mapping of DNA changes in livestock. The study, published in the journal Briefings in Bioinformatics, solves challenges in identifying trait...
PFAS interfere with placental function: New 3D model reveals risks
Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the Dessau Municipal Hospital have developed a 3D placental model that shows how per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) impair placental function. The study, published in the journal...
New protective mechanism against dementia discovered
Researchers from Helmholtz Munich, the Technical University of Munich and the LMU Medical Center have deciphered a mechanism that protects nerve cells from ferroptosis, a cell death program. The study shows for the first time that ferroptosis can trigger...
EU approval of resmetirom: First therapy against fatty liver disease
The European Union has approved Resmetirom for the first time as a drug for the treatment of fatty liver disease with mild fibrosis. This milestone offers those affected a first drug therapy option. Significant research work on this topic took place at the Medical...
Zoonoses monitoring: Salmonella detected in sesame products
The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) warns of a risk of infection from salmonella in sesame products. The 2024 zoonoses monitoring showed that two percent of 354 samples from the retail sector examined were contaminated. Products such as...
DIVI Medal of Honour for Professor Hans-Christian Hansen
Professor Hans-Christian Hansen received the Medal of Honour of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI ) at the DIVI Annual Congress in Hamburg.The award recognizes his decades of commitment to intensive care and...
BMFTR: New funding guideline to reduce the gender data gap in clinical research
The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) has published a new funding guideline to close the gender data gap in clinical research. The aim is to identify evidence gaps for gender-sensitive treatments and to promote the consideration of...
Implant allergies: Risk is often overestimated
People with nickel or chromium allergies often fear complications with artificial hip or knee joints. However, a review by the German Society for Endoprosthetics (AE) shows that a skin allergy does not automatically mean implant incompatibility. A contact allergy of...
New microscopy method revealed: Cells actively promote flu virus infection
An international research team led by ETH Zurich has used a novel microscopy method to observe live for the first time how influenza viruses infect human cells. The finding: Cells actively support virus uptake. The method could advance the development of targeted...
