Laboratory Medicine Overview: Proportion of diagnoses by IVD
The contribution of IVDs (in vitro diagnostics/laboratory tests) to diagnoses and clinical decisions is high in almost all medical specialties, but depending on the discipline, it is up to over 90% of the relevant decisions (diagnosis, therapy selection, monitoring,...
MHH researcher receives two million euros for new vaccines against resistant bacteria
Dr. Timm Fiebig from the Institute of Clinical Biochemistry at Hannover Medical School (MHH) has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) worth around two million euros for five years. With the BESPOKE project, he aims to develop...
Too many critical heart defects in unborn babies remain undetected
Congenital heart defects are the most common congenital malformation in Germany. Nevertheless, many critical cases are not detected before birth. On the Day of the Child with Heart Disease on May 5, pediatric cardiologists and the Action Alliance for Congenital Heart...
Deadly delays in the administration of adrenaline for children
In the case of life-threatening food anaphylaxis in childhood and adolescence, there are often critical delays in the administration of life-saving epinephrine auto-injectors (EpiPen). This is the result of a study by the University of Bristol and Bristol Children's...
AWMF calls for corrections to the Statutory Health Insurance Contribution Rate Stabilisation Act
The Association of Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF) sees a considerable need for correction in the current draft law to stabilize contribution rates in statutory health insurance. Although the professional societies support efficient health care and savings, they...
ChatGPT tends to make overly cautious recommendations when it comes to health complaints
ChatGPT models tend to make overcautious recommendations when classifying health complaints. This is the result of a study by the Technical University of Berlin. The models are currently only suitable to a limited extent for a digital initial assessment and...
Pharma 4.0: Fraunhofer IESE develops software platform for virtual pharmaceutical production
The Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE has developed the modular software platform VIMOPROP. It is intended to support pharmaceutical manufacturers in the virtual planning, simulation and commissioning of production processes and to...
Active ingredient could restore movement after stroke even days later
Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have deciphered a previously unknown mechanism of delayed brain damage after stroke and developed an experimental drug that can stop this process. The drug KDS12025 showed a clear effect in mice and...
The 70 percent claim of laboratory medicine: How much truth is behind the famous number?
The famous sentence "70 percent of all diagnoses (or medical decisions) are based on laboratory findings" is one of the most frequently quoted mnemonics in laboratory medicine worldwide – also in Germany. It is regularly used by professional societies, clinics and...
Boehringer Ingelheim releases complete opnMe library with 176 molecules for research
Boehringer Ingelheim is opening up its entire opnMe "Molecule-to-Order" library to the international research community with opn2SCREEN . The library includes 176 carefully characterized molecules (99 active ingredients and 77 negative controls) and is now available...
