Health and Medicine
This subject area encompasses research and studies in the field of human medicine.
Among the wide-ranging list of topics covered here are anesthesiology, anatomy, surgery, human genetics, hygiene and environmental medicine, internal medicine, neurology, pharmacology, physiology, urology and dental medicine.
False alarm of the immune system during muscle disease Image
New findings on the link between myotonic dystrophy 2 and autoimmune diseases. Researchers at the University Hospitals of Dresden and Bonn of the DFG Transregio 237 and from the Cluster…
New inhalable in lung cancer research
… is a big step forward. Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers and has one of the lowest survival rates in the world. Cytokines, which are small…
On the trail of nerve ageing
MHH junior researcher investigates the influence of the immune system on age-related disorders of sensory neurones. The peripheral nervous system includes sensory and motor nerve cells that run through our…
Brain waves are part of memory
Neuroscientists from Bonn, New York, and Freiburg discover interactions between so-called “ripples” and nerve cells during human memory processes. Spatial navigation and spatial memory play a central role in our…
A new glue, potentially also for you
A new bonding method enabling instant and effective adhesion of hydrogels has potential to broadly advance new biomaterials solutions for multiple unmet clinical needs. Hydrogels are versatile biomaterials conquering an…
Rare case of opossum infected by rabies
…sounds alarm regarding circulation of this virus in urban environments. The opossum was found dead in a park in the center of Campinas, a large city in São Paulo state…