Dopamine promotes willingness to wait
A research team at the University of Cologne has investigated the influence of dopamine on decision-making processes in an extensive study. L-DOPA, a precursor of the neurotransmitter, increases the release of dopamine in the brain and makes people willing to wait...
ASKED: “The DGKL will be present at MEDICA again this year”
After the congress is before the trade fair: Less than a month after the end of DKLM 2025 in Leipzig, MEDICA will start on November 17, 2025 in Düsseldorf. MedLabPortal wanted to know from the representative of the DGKL Presidium, Jan Wolter, whether the professional...
Study sheds light on pandemic impact on cardiovascular disease
A study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular disease in England shows declines in the incidence of some diseases and unequal burdens in the population. The analysis is based on anonymized data from over 57 million people from January 2020 to May...
University of Leipzig launches brain-inspired supercomputer
Researchers at Leipzig University have put a brain-inspired supercomputer into operation. The infrastructure, which is funded with around four million euros, offers high computing power with low energy consumption and opens up possibilities for personalized medicine....
Drug development: AI models do not understand protein interactions
Modern AI programs support drug development by predicting protein interactions with small molecules. Researchers at the University of Basel show that these models merely memorize patterns instead of capturing physical relationships, and fail at new proteins that are...
Ruth Bieringer becomes President of the GDCh
Dr. Ruth Bieringer, Vice President Technology & Innovation – Material Technology at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, will become President of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) on January 1, 2026. During her two-year term of office, she would like to intensify...
Scherer Medal 2025 goes to Prof. Klaus P. Kohse
The German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL) has honored Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Peter Kohse was honoured with the Scherer Medal. This highest award of the professional society honors his life's work and his outstanding services...
OnkoAktiv receives Cancer Innovation Award Baden-Württemberg 2025
The nationwide OnkoAktiv network, founded at the National Center for Tumor Diseases in Heidelberg, has been awarded the Baden-Württemberg Cancer Innovation Award 2025. The award recognizes the contribution to the integration of exercise into oncological care. The...
Study reveals hormonal influences on brain plasticity
An international team led by psychologist Dr. Carina Heller has investigated the influence of female hormones on brain structures in a longitudinal study, taking into account hormonal contraception and disorders such as endometriosis. The results, published in Nature...
Digital twin simulates patient-specific heart
In the SmartHeart project, researchers at Munich University of Applied Sciences have simulated a pulsating heart that can be adapted to specific patients using AI methods. The digital twin is intended to support physicians in researching the causes of cardiovascular...
