Wiley expands mass spectra database by over 17,500 spectra
The publisher Wiley has published its Wiley Registry of Mass Spectral Data with more than 17,500 new spectra. The database, which now contains over 913,000 spectra, is considered the standard for GC-MS analyses and is used in areas such as environmental sciences,...
Submission of abstracts for the DGP Congress 2026 has started
Scientific abstracts can now be submitted for the annual congress of the German Society for Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine (DGP ). The event will take place from March 18 to 21, 2026 in Munich and offers researchers the opportunity to present their clinical and...
New insights into the movement of immune cells through complex tissues
In a study published in Nature Immunology, researchers from the Sixt group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have shown how dendritic cells use their cytoskeleton to move through the body's complex, three-dimensional tissues. These immune...
New specialized information service strengthens gender research in Germany
The Margherita von Brentano Center at Freie Universität Berlin is coordinating the new Specialized Information Service (FID) for Gender Studies, which for the first time creates a central infrastructure for inter- and transdisciplinary gender studies in Germany. The...
Milestone in the prevention of early childhood hearing loss with new CMV guideline
A new medical guideline, largely developed at the University of Regensburg, is the first to offer clear recommendations on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of congenital cytomegalovirus infection (cCMV), a common cause of hearing loss in early childhood. The...
CoVerage: Early detection of high-risk SARS-CoV-2 variants
The CoVerage online tool enables the identification and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) up to three months before their official classification by the World Health Organization (WHO). Since the beginning of the pandemic, several virus...
Sven Michel takes over the presidency of the German-Arab University Conference
Prof. Dr. Sven Michel, professor at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, has assumed the honorary presidency of the German-Arab University Conference (DAH) based in Berlin. Representatives from 22 Arab embassies elected him for a four-year...
New approach to rapid sepsis diagnosis using AI and hyperspectral imaging
Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ ) and the Department of Anaesthesiology at Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) have developed an innovative approach for the early and precise detection of sepsis. This serious complication, which is the third...
Nose2Diagnosis program: sniffer dogs detect Parkinson’s disease
People with Parkinson's disease have an odour that can be reliably detected from skin swabs by trained dogs, a new study has shown. Two dogs from the Medical Detection Dogs organization were trained to distinguish between tallow swabs from people with and without...
“Confidence in the quality of laboratory medical diagnostics in patient care will increase”
The revision of the Rili-BÄK also includes the requirements of Table B1.1. In an interview with MedLabPortal, Prof. Matthias Nauck explains why the upcoming changes will ultimately benefit patients and why there is still a need for discussion. Nauck is Director of the...
