Interview with Dr. Jakob Adler on the EU AI Act: “The evaluation of the ever-increasing amounts of data will change our view of diseases”
He is considered the father of the "Digital Competence and Artificial Intelligence (AI)" section of the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL) and is one of the nationally recognized experts in the field of AI in medicine. Now Dr.med....
University Hospital Cologne receives funding for Alzheimer’s research in women
A research team from the University Hospital of Cologne has received significant funding from the "CARE" program of the Wellcome Leap organization. The IMAGESTRO project investigates hormonal factors, in particular estrogen, that influence the increased risk of...
Endangered supply: ABDA criticizes pharmacy reform
The Federal Association of German Pharmacists' Associations (ABDA) has sharply criticized the planned pharmacy reform of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG). In a comprehensive statement on the hearing of the draft bills of the Pharmacy Supply Further Development Act...
New findings on Long COVID: Messenger substances in nasal mucosa identified as the cause
A research team from the Research Center Borstel, Kiel University, the University of Lübeck and the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein has gained new insights into the causes of post-COVID syndrome. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that...
New S3 guideline GeriPAIN published
The first national and international S3 guideline specifically for older people with acute and chronic pain has been published: GeriPAIN. The development of the guideline was funded by the Innovation Fund of the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) and coordinated by the...
MHB expands study places and strengthens health care in Brandenburg
The Brandenburg Theodor Fontane Medical School (MHB) is expanding its range of courses for the summer semester 2026. In the Brandenburg model course of study in medicine, the number of study places will rise to 84 per semester, 15 more than before. In this way, the...
Merz lets national heart register die
Since the beginning of the week, the campaign "Every heart counts" has been running on digital advertising spaces at major train stations throughout Germany - including Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart, Leipzig and Dresden. The Digital...
Heidelberg researchers reveal role of cystine in vascular growth
Researchers from the Department of Vascular Dysfunction at the Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University have discovered an unknown oxidative metabolic pathway in the cell nucleus that controls the growth and repair of blood vessels. This pathway combines...
First patient in Germany to receive gene therapy for hemophilia B
A 33-year-old patient with severe hemophilia B has received a novel gene therapy at the Clinic for Hematology, Hemostaseology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation at the Hannover Medical School. The treatment allows stable coagulation activity without regular...
Bochum researchers discover cellular mechanism in coronaviruses
A team at Ruhr-Universität Bochum has identified a previously unknown cellular mechanism that is crucial for the replication of coronaviruses. The c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) is activated during infection with the human coronavirus HCoV-229E and controls the...
