Gephyrin: Protein forms flexible filaments in the brain
Forschende des Instituts für Biochemie der Universität zu Köln haben eine Schlüsselerkenntnis über die molekulare Grundlage der Synapsenbildung im zentralen Nervensystem gewonnen. Sie untersuchten inhibitorische Synapsen, die sogenannten „Bremsen“ in unserem Gehirn,...
Microbiome: Evidence of an gut-retinal axis
With billions of individual organisms and up to 2 kilograms of total mass, the microbial community in the human intestine is a serious factor for health. From obesity to Alzheimer's dementia, many diseases are associated with a disturbance of the microbial balance....
DGU – Congress ended with handover of office and new elections
The 77th Congress of the German Society of Urology (DGU) came to a successful end last Saturday at the Congress Center Hamburg. Under the motto "Urology connects", more than 7,100 participants from clinics, practices, nursing and science have come together since...
DRF Luftrettung receives German Award for Patient Safety
DRF Luftrettung has once again been awarded a prize for an innovative system for patient safety. On 18 September, Florian Kramer, Head of Safety Management at DRF Luftrettung, accepted the German Prize for Patient Safety from the action alliance of the same name in...
Broermann Medical Innovation Award for pioneers of CAR-T cell therapy
Dr. Carl June from the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Michel Sadelain from Columbia University receive the first-ever Broermann Medical Innovation Award (BMIA) for their groundbreaking research on CAR-T cell therapy. With an endowment of one million euros, the...
MedLab tip: Leopoldina symposium on technology and AI in medicine
On October 11, 2025, a full-day symposium of the Radiology Section of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina will take place in Halle (Saale). Under the motto "Technology and AI in medicine. Unleashing Innovation – Unraveling Bureaucracy: The Fine Line of...
New molecule could revolutionize cancer therapies
Researchers at the University of Basel and the University Hospital Basel have developed a new fusion protein that could make immunotherapy against cancer more efficient and have fewer side effects. The molecule combines a variant of the signaling substance...
Michael Denkinger new President of the German Society of Geriatrics
Professor Michael Denkinger will take over the presidency of the German Society of Geriatrics (DGG), which represents about 2,000 members, for the next two years. The 49-year-old chief physician and medical director of the Agaplesion Bethesda Clinic Ulm and Chair of...
Bonn researchers discover mechanism for postictual wandering in epilepsy
Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) have identified a mechanism that triggers the so-called postictual wandering in people with temporal lobe epilepsy. These are...
IQWiG participates in European benefit assessments of oncology drugs
The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) is involved in the Joint European Clinical Assessment (JCA) of medicinal products. Since March 2025, IQWiG has been involved in the evaluation of the active ingredient tovorafenib, which is used for...
