Personalized medicine: Quantum sensors enable non-destructive monitoring of cells
For the first time, quantum sensors are to monitor disease processes in living cells without leaving any traces. At the Rhineland-Palatinate University of Technology, a physicist and two biologists are researching mini-sensors that shine through laser light and change...
Younger donor age improves chances of success in stem cell transplants
The compatibility of human leukocyte antigens is considered the most important criterion in the selection of donors for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants. Current data from the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO) underline the greater...
Thuringia consolidates its position as a centre for sensor technologies
The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space has funded the regional research alliance QUANTIFISENS in Thuringia with around twelve million euros. The project has developed new sensor technologies based on fibres and quanta and strengthened Bavaria as a...
Root canal treatments reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes
Successful root canal treatment could reduce inflammation associated with heart disease and improve blood sugar and cholesterol levels. In a clinical study by King's College London, the first of its kind, the changes in blood chemistry after root canal treatment in a...
AMI warning during World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW)
On the occasion of World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW ), Applied Microbiology International (AMI) has called on policymakers worldwide to strengthen the revised Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (CAP-AMR) and take a more inclusive,...
Study reveals how cancer cells penetrate narrow tissue crevices
Researchers at Delft University of Technology and the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience have investigated in a study how aggressive cancer cells overcome narrow tissue clefts to form metastases. The results show that fibrosarcoma cells are more flexible than melanoma...
ZB MED: Funding for OLSPub rejected, new application for data resilience submitted
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has rejected the funding application for ZB MED's OLSPub project, which aims to develop an open alternative to PubMed. Despite a positive assessment of the technical concept, experts criticized the governance structure and the...
World’s first shunt operation with microsurgical robotic system at the UKSH
At the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel Campus, a shunt operation was performed for the first time in the world with the microsurgical "Symani Surgical System". Two patients had a dialysis shunt, a connection between the artery and the vein...
Broken heart syndrome: Warning of acute heart failure due to stress
Takotsubo syndrome, also known as broken heart syndrome, leads to sudden heart failure and affects 80 to 90 percent of women between the ages of 65 and 75. Triggered by emotional or physical stress, the symptoms resemble a heart attack without a coronary artery being...
Researchers develop realistic bone marrow model from human cells
A research team from the University of Basel and the University Hospital Basel has developed a complex bone marrow model from human cells in the laboratory for the first time. The system mimics the cellular diversity of the endosteal niche of the bone marrow and could...
