Organ donation numbers in Germany will reach highest level since 2012 in 2025
In 2025, organ donation numbers in Germany reached their highest level since 2012. A total of 985 people donated organs after their death - 32 more than in 2024 and an increase of 3.4 percent. This corresponds to 11.8 donors per million inhabitants. Through the...
Palforzia end: Children worldwide soon without oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy
The manufacturer Stallergenes Greer has announced the worldwide discontinuation of the distribution of Palforzia. The preparation for oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy will soon no longer be sold. With the market withdrawal, the only approved drug treatment option...
Children’s Hospice Day: Massive undersupply of families with seriously ill children
On the occasion of the nationwide Day of Children's Hospice Work on 10 February, the German Children's Hospice Services are drawing attention to the dramatic undersupply of outpatient and inpatient children's hospice services. A study by the Humboldt University of...
Study: Sound Art for Stress Reduction and Bonding Promotion in High-Risk Pregnancies
A new multicenter research project investigates the effectiveness of art and music therapy in pregnant women with medical complications. The aim is to reduce maternal stress during inpatient stays and to strengthen the prenatal bond between mother and child. The...
AI simplifies medical online texts – HHN study shows potential and risks
Artificial intelligence can make online medical articles much more readable for laypeople – but correctness remains a critical point. This is shown by a new study by Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences (HHN), which has been published in the journal JMIR AI . The...
3R: New blood test reduces animal stress in cancer research
A research team at the University of Marburg has developed a method that can be used to gently and precisely monitor tumor growth in mouse models. The highlight: Instead of stressful imaging techniques, the scientists measure secreted luciferases – luminescent enzymes...
Jena celebrates 225 years of the discovery of UV radiation with an interdisciplinary symposium
225 years ago, on February 22, 1801, the naturalist Johann Wilhelm Ritter discovered ultraviolet radiation in Jena – an invisible radiation beyond violet light. To mark the occasion, Friedrich Schiller University Jena is organising the symposium "The Discovery and...
Laboratory medicine: DGKL CEO Jan Wolter calls for state-financed storage capacities
In the brand-new MedLabPortal interview with DGKL CEO Jan Wolter, it becomes clear that the true Achilles' heel of German laboratory medicine lies in global supply chains – and in the dramatic dependence on non-EU countries. Wolter therefore unequivocally demands:...
Implant supplies the brain with medication
Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), the University of Copenhagen, University College London and other institutions have developed a novel, needle-thin brain implant. The so-called microfluidic axialtrode (mAxialtrode) combines the recording of...
World Cancer Day: Almost one in two cancer patients suffers from chronic tumor pain for years
On the occasion of World Cancer Day last Wednesday, the German Society for Pain Medicine (DGS) and the German Pain League (DSL) presented the results of a nationwide patient survey with over 12,000 cancer patients. The survey shows considerable supply deficits in the...
