LPP markers: Rescuers in the 1994 Rwandan genocide show stronger neuronal empathy
In a field study using portable EEG devices, researchers at the University of Ghent compared the brain activity of former perpetrators, bystanders and rescuers of the 1994 Tutsi genocide. Rescuers reacted to the expression of suffering of other people with...
AI-based smartphone app for early detection of neglected tropical skin diseases
The "SkincAIr" project, coordinated by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and funded by the EU's Horizon Europe programme, aims to improve the diagnosis and surveillance of such diseases in regions with a shortage of specialist staff and difficult access to...
Moderate consumption of caffeinated coffee or tea reduces the risk of dementia
Moderate consumption of caffeinated coffee or tea is associated with a lower risk of dementia and better cognitive function. This was the result of a large prospective cohort study with data from the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) and the Health Professionals Follow-up...
Therapies for multiple myeloma leave measurable genetic traces in the tumor cells
In a multicenter study, researchers at the University Hospital Würzburg have shown that resistance mechanisms in hepta-refractory multiple myeloma can be deciphered by whole-genome sequencing (WGS). This enables a targeted decision to be made as to whether renewed...
Researchers discover new biomarkers for multiple sclerosis
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried and the Technical University of Munich have identified new diagnostic and prognostic markers for multiple sclerosis (MS). In a large-scale proteomic analysis, CSF samples from more than 5000...
Automated Analytics: A Milestone for Laboratory Diagnostics
Clinical mass spectrometry is considered the gold standard due to its high sensitivity, but has often been too personnel-intensive for everyday clinical practice. Bioscientia in Ingelheim is now showing how the integration of fully automated solutions enables the leap...
Hokkaido researchers discover health-promoting lipids in colored Japanese rice varieties
Rice feeds more than half of the world's population, but its lipid composition – although it only accounts for about two percent of the grain – has not yet been sufficiently researched. A team from Hokkaido University has now examined 56 Japanese japonica rice...
Universities of Leipzig and Shandong summarize therapeutic potential of adhesion GPCRs
Adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (adhesion GPCRs) play a central role in many human diseases, but there are currently no approved drugs that specifically target this receptor family. A research team from the University of Leipzig and Shandong University (China)...
BfArM and Regenstrief Institute publish LOINC® 2.82 with extended German translation
The Regenstrief Institute has released the new version 2.82 of the coding system LOINC® (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes) as well as RELMA® 7.15. The update contains a revised and significantly expanded German translation of LOINC terms by the Federal...
DGAI draws attention to OrphanAnesthesia on Rare Disease Day
On the occasion of Rare Disease Day on 28 February, the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI) refers to its international project OrphanAnesthesia. The freely accessible online database provides standardised, peer-reviewed...
