Sensation: Albumin triggers fungal virulence
A research team led by the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI) in Jena has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which the yeast Candida albicans can damage human tissue. The study, published in Nature...
Oncology guideline program launches digital “Guidelines Hub”
With the Guidelines Hub, the Oncology Guidelines Program has introduced a new digital system that makes all 36 S3 guidelines on the diagnosis, treatment and aftercare of oncological diseases centrally accessible for the first time. The platform offers over 6,000...
Deadly Oropouche virus: real risk for Europe proven
Researchers at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, together with the University of Hamburg and other institutions, have investigated the risk of transmission of the Oropouche virus by mosquitoes common in Europe. The results show that the...
Diagnostic validation of the GAAD algorithm for hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Vietnam
Chronic hepatitis B infection is a major cause in Vietnam of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC surveillance for hepatitis B patients is recommended to detect tumors early for effective treatment and survival extension. The novel Elecsys®GAADalgorithm...
Jellinek Research Prize goes to Rainer Spanagel
For the second time, the highest award in addiction research has gone to a researcher at the Central Institute of Mental Health (ZI) in Mannheim. Prof. Dr. Rainer Spanagel, Scientific Director of the Institute of Psychopharmacology at the ZI, received the award in...
Greifswald research team discovers approaches against renal fibrosis
A research team from the Department of Internal Medicine D - Geriatrics at the University Medical Center Greifswald has made significant progress in understanding chronic kidney disease in a recent study. The scientists investigated the effect of a special ion...
Dresden researchers propose new regulatory approaches for AI in medicine
The rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare opens up new opportunities, but also poses challenges for existing regulatory frameworks. In a publication in Nature Medicine, scientists from the Else Kröner Fresenius Center (EKFZ) for Digital Health...
The faces behind innovations
A hospital in Croatia, an emergency laboratory - this is where Katja first encountered diagnostic devices from Roche. A defining moment: "Ever since then, I knew that I wanted to work at Roche," she recalls. After five years in clinical chemistry in Croatia, the time...
Fentanyl & Nitazene: Opioid crisis hits Berlin with full force
Yesterday, July 21, 2025, the International Day of Remembrance for Deceased Drug Users was observed in around 100 cities worldwide to commemorate those who died as a result of the use of illegal substances. In Berlin, the commemoration was marked by mourning, but also...
Central mechanism of protein folding decoded
Researchers at the Center for Medical Biotechnology (ZMB) at the University of Duisburg-Essen, in collaboration with national partners, have decoded a central mechanism of protein folding in cells. Errors in this process can trigger serious diseases such as...
