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.
Scientists uncover molecular link between wet and dry macular degeneration
The pathway may help explain why patients develop vision loss from “wet” or advanced “dry” macular degeneration. In a study published December 4 in the Proceedings of the National Academy…
Rare genetic variants better assessed
Bonn researchers take the lead in developing classification criteria for gene variants that can lead to hereditary colorectal cancer. Genetic confirmation of the suspected diagnosis of “hereditary colorectal cancer” is…
MS and Sjögren’s: the same and yet different
MHH project investigates differences in neurological symptoms between multiple sclerosis and the rare Sjögren’s syndrome. Different diseases can cause similar symptoms. For treatment, however, it is important to know which…
Possible treatment for anaemia in myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS)
In patients affected by myelodysplastic neoplasms, the body does not produce enough functional blood cells. Patients suffer from anaemia – a lack of red blood cells and haemoglobin – which…
Risk of serious COVID-19 infection can now be predicted
TUM researchers develop rapid test for severe infections. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a method for assessing the number and structure of aggregated blood platelets…
Fat cells help repair damaged nerves
Damage to the body’s peripheral nerves can cause pain and movement disorders. Researchers at the Leipzig University have recently investigated how damaged nerves can regenerate better. They found that fat…