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At Coburg University of Applied Sciences, scientists are researching a therapy against elephantiasis, a tropical disease caused by parasitic worms. As part of an international doctoral project, Indian doctoral student Pavithra Rajkumar is looking for biological...

Certain intestinal bacteria can mislead the immune system by resembling the protective layer of nerves and thus worsen the course of multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Basel have demonstrated this mechanism in mouse experiments. The results point to...

Researchers at the University Medical Center Frankfurt have elucidated the mechanism of the deadly infectious disease Oroya fever, which is caused by the bacterium Bartonella bacilliformis. They identified two proteins responsible for destroying red blood cells and...

Systematic reviews serve as a fundamental basis for evidence-based decisions in healthcare, but their mass production and often inadequate quality jeopardize this claim. In an article in the Journal for Evidence, Training and Quality in Health Care, members of the...

Pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV has been successful in reducing new infections, but is accompanied by an increase in other sexually transmitted infections. A model study explains this effect as a paradox: Increased case numbers result from increased testing,...

Christmas as a family celebration can be challenging for relatives of people with Alzheimer's or other dementias, as the desire for traditions collides with the needs of those with Alzheimer's disease. The Alzheimer Research Initiative e.V. offers the following...

In a high-ranking study, researchers from the University Medical Center Leipzig and the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI have investigated the efficacy of two innovative CAR-T cell therapies against the B-cell maturation antigen in patients...

People with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often suffer from abdominal pain outside of acute inflammatory flare-ups, which could be related to altered processing of pain in connection with fear. A research team at Ruhr-Universität Bochum has now found in a study...

Perceptions of health are strongly influenced by cultural values and religious beliefs, which leads to a mixture of different approaches in various societies. Researchers at the Institute of Geography at the University of Bonn have investigated this in a study...

An international analysis has proven for the first time that people with prediabetes can reduce their risk of heart attack, heart failure and premature death by half if they bring their blood glucose levels back into the normal range through lifestyle changes. This...