Prediabetes: Blood sugar levels more important than body weight
An analysis of a comprehensive study from Tübingen shows that people with prediabetes can reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes by 71 percent if they normalize their blood sugar levels through a healthy lifestyle – even without weight loss. Researchers from the...
Protective mechanism enables cancer cells to survive under mechanical pressure
Researchers at the Cluster of Excellence CIBSS - Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies at the University of Freiburg have discovered a protective mechanism that protects cancer cells from damage during metastasis. When migrating through narrow tissue...
ASKED: MRI – When radiology refuses treatment
The radiologie.zentrum.nordharz in Goslar refused MedLabPortal editor and journalist Marita Vollborn a medically prescribed MRI examination arranged by the KVN (phone number 116 117) via urgency code , after this had been previously promised. Bizarre reason from...
DGU emphasises key role of trauma surgery in the event of defence
At its 5th emergency conference in Magdeburg, the German Society for Trauma Surgery (DGU) underlined the central importance of civilian clinics in the DGU® Trauma Network for care in crisis and war cases. On 18 September 2025, doctors, politicians and representatives...
MHH in 115th place in Newsweek Smart Hospital Ranking
The Hannover Medical School (MHH) has achieved a placement in the ranking of the "World's Best Smart Hospitals 2026" of the American weekly newspaper Newsweek for the first time. With 115th place worldwide, it is one of the 350 leading institutions and occupies the...
DFG funds research network on functional genomics and microbiomics in colorectal cancer
In its latest round of approvals, the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new collaborative research project in the field of oncology. The Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg has received funding for the GenoMiCC network, which is...
Molecular zipper and DNA compounds ensure fertility
A research team led by Joao Matos at the Max Perutz Labs of the University of Vienna has deciphered a mechanism that protects fertility by precisely controlling chromosome pairing during meiosis. The study, published in Nature , shows how DNA structures called...
Researchers link physical fitness to biomarkers – aspartate as a key metabolite
A research team from the University of Vienna and Nankai University has deciphered central molecular processes of active ageing by combining metabolomics, artificial intelligence and network modelling. The study, published in the journal npj Systems Biology and...
DKLM 2025 Preview: AI Competence Becomes a Key Requirement for Medical Laboratories
With the entry into force of the EU AI Act on 1 August 2024 and the specific applicability of Article 4 since 2 February 2025, providers and operators of AI systems in medical laboratories are obliged for the first time to systematically ensure the AI competence of...
DKLM 2025 Preview: Measuring Systems for Residual Leukocytes in Blood Preparations
A research team from the Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine at the University Medical Center Oldenburg and the German Red Cross has directly compared two measuring systems for the determination of residual leukocytes (rWBC) in platelet and...
