Laboratory as a lifesaver: Organoids enable personalized treatment of colorectal cancer
An interdisciplinary team from the University Medical Center Magdeburg has developed new approaches for the individual therapy of colorectal cancer. In a study published in the journal Molecular Oncology, the scientists show that mini-tumors from patient tissue,...
Award for groundbreaking method for the prognosis and treatment of prostate cancer
The German University Medicine Award 2025 goes to the international initiative PROMISE. The research team, led by the University Medical Center Essen, developed a method to use high-precision imaging to predict the course of prostate cancer even more precisely and to...
Promotion of young researchers: M-course in the Laboratory for Applied Microbiology at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences
At the Staatliche Studienkolleg of Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences, foreign applicants prepare specifically for studying at a German university. On October 20 and 23, 2025, students of the so-called M course, who aspire to study medicine at a later date,...
ETH researchers develop ultrasound-guided artificial muscles made of silicone
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new type of artificial muscle made of silicone, which is equipped with enclosed air bubbles and can be deformed in a targeted manner by ultrasound pulses. The wireless control enables applications in robotics and medicine,...
Drug-coated balloon catheter can also replace stents in larger heart vessels
Even with larger constricted blood vessels, the balloon catheter coated with medication achieves long-lasting good therapy results. As a comparatively minor procedure, the procedure also offers an effective alternative to the stent here. These results of the working...
RADAR pathway: Discovering new quality control in peroxisomes
Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have identified a previously unknown mechanism for quality control of protein transport in peroxisomes in the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The study, published October 28, 2025 in the journal Cell Reports, describes...
Doctors’ Barometer 2025: More clarity needed on offered salaries
Doctors want to know more precisely what they can earn if they change jobs. This is one of the findings of the current "Doctors' Barometer: Job Search & Career 2025", the largest doctor-related career study in Germany with 3,132 physicians surveyed. According to...
INTRODUCING: This biologist uses AI to bring order to osteoarthritis chaos
What was previously considered an unmanageable thicket of studies, data and expert opinions is now becoming a precisely mapped cure plan: Biologist Dr. Wolfgang Feil uses AI not as an advisor, but as a scientific orchestration tool. With his specially developed...
Neanderthal DNA reveals ancient migratory movements in Eurasia
An international team of researchers led by the University of Vienna has extracted ancient DNA from a five-centimeter-long Neanderthal bone found on the Crimean peninsula. The find provides insights into long-distance migrations during the late Pleistocene 40,000 to...
Progress in stem cell research: Better liver cells through genetic manipulation
Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Working Environment and Human Factors in Dortmund have found a way to generate more functional liver cells from pluripotent stem cells. The study shows that the gene regulatory network of the transcription factor CDX2 plays a...
