Study reveals how cancer cells penetrate narrow tissue crevices
Researchers at Delft University of Technology and the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience have investigated in a study how aggressive cancer cells overcome narrow tissue clefts to form metastases. The results show that fibrosarcoma cells are more flexible than melanoma...
ZB MED: Funding for OLSPub rejected, new application for data resilience submitted
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has rejected the funding application for ZB MED's OLSPub project, which aims to develop an open alternative to PubMed. Despite a positive assessment of the technical concept, experts criticized the governance structure and the...
World’s first shunt operation with microsurgical robotic system at the UKSH
At the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel Campus, a shunt operation was performed for the first time in the world with the microsurgical "Symani Surgical System". Two patients had a dialysis shunt, a connection between the artery and the vein...
Broken heart syndrome: Warning of acute heart failure due to stress
Takotsubo syndrome, also known as broken heart syndrome, leads to sudden heart failure and affects 80 to 90 percent of women between the ages of 65 and 75. Triggered by emotional or physical stress, the symptoms resemble a heart attack without a coronary artery being...
Researchers develop realistic bone marrow model from human cells
A research team from the University of Basel and the University Hospital Basel has developed a complex bone marrow model from human cells in the laboratory for the first time. The system mimics the cellular diversity of the endosteal niche of the bone marrow and could...
Research on bacteriophages as a weapon against antibiotic resistance
In view of the worldwide increase in antibiotic resistance, scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the Helmholtz Institutes for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) and for One Health (HIOH) are researching the therapeutic potential of...
DGG warns against age discrimination in medicine
The German Society for Geriatrics (DGG) criticizes considerations of withholding certain therapies from very old people because of their age or costs. The occasion is a debate triggered by statements by the Federal Government's Drug Commissioner, Hendrik Streeck....
Research team develops sustainable bioplastic for medical devices
A research team from Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (UAS) and BIOVOX GmbH from Darmstadt are developing a bio-based plastic for infusion bags to reduce the environmental impact of disposable medical products. The "Bio_K_Sub" project is funded with around...
Darolutamide vs. apalutamide in prostate cancer: Indirect comparison shows no additional benefit
In a benefit assessment, the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) examined whether darolutamide offers patients an additional benefit compared to the appropriate comparator therapy. The result: An additional benefit has not been proven. The...
Lecture series on the TDM of antibiotics
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) of antibiotics is an interprofessional concept whose goal is to minimize the under- and overdose of antibiotics in intensive care medicine. It is crucial to detect individual pharmacokinetic differences and to adjust the dosage in a...
