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...
Global Harmonization of Reference Intervals: Advances in Laboratory Medicine
At the EuroMedLab Conference 2025 in Brussels, experts from the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) discussed the harmonization of reference intervals (RI) and clinical decision limits (CDL). New digital and statistical...
AI model predicts long-term health risks for over 1,000 diseases
A new AI model, developed by researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, makes it possible to predict individual health risks for over 1,000 diseases...
Antibiotic resistance: “The new material is designed to kill microorganisms locally and quickly”
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and novel viruses are increasingly threatening global health. Every year, about five million deaths are associated with resistant germs, while the COVID-19 pandemic claimed over 20 million victims worldwide. Researchers at Empa are...
5 tips on how to protect yourself and your children from EHEC
Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is a dangerous type of bacteria that can cause severe intestinal infections. Children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk. An infection can be transmitted through contaminated food,...
Dogs react individually to human fear odors
A new study by the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna shows that dogs perceive human fear chemo signals and react differently to them. This refutes the previous assumption that dogs uniformly avoid such odors. The study, conducted by the Domestication Lab of the...
Atopic eczema increases suicide risk
Adults with atopic eczema suffer from suicidal thoughts significantly more often than the general population, as a new international study at the Congress 2025 of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology shows. The "Scars of Life" study, one of the most...
