Research

When scientific curiosity paves the way for improved healthcare: Read more about promising studies and trials that lead to more effective drugs, procedures as well as medical guidelines.

News • Non-invasive quantification

Researchers measure lung antibodies in exhaled breath

For the first time, researchers have successfully measured antibodies against specific respiratory viruses in exhaled air. The method may make it easier to study the immune system in the small…

News • Biomaterial research

MASLD: self-healing hydrogel as promising therapeutic approach

Researchers have developed a novel injectable self-healing hydrogel engineered to recapitulate the native hepatic microenvironment and restore liver function in Metabolic dysfunction-associated…

News • Reproducible results

Tau PET brain imaging: standardization to advance disease research

Which role does abnormal tau accumulation in the brain play in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's? A new software streamlines PET image analysis for analytical reproducibility and…

Article • San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS)

Young women and breast cancer: research in focus

At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), three experts presented new approaches and study results for the treatment of breast cancer in young women.

News • Microgravity research

Cancer cells in space: quest to enhance chemotherapy effectiveness

Researchers are studying how microgravity affects how models of colorectal cancer cells respond to chemotherapy aboard the International Space Station. This could lead to new approaches on Earth.

News • Cardiac regeneration

Teaching the heart to heal itself after a heart attack

Scientists have developed an experimental treatment that ‘reawakens’ heart muscle cells after a heart attack so they start to repair damaged muscle. First results in mice show promising results.

News • Focus on tertiary lymphoid structures

Reprogramming cancer cells to improve immunotherapy

In a new international study led by Lund University in Sweden, researchers have uncovered how reprogrammed cancer cells can help orchestrate the immune system’s attack on tumours.

News • Circadian genotyping

Prostate cancer radiotherapy: timing matters

Researchers have discovered that the time of day prostate cancer patients receive radiotherapy can influence their risk of developing long-term side effects for treatment.

News • Mechanism of oncogenic protein

Research sheds new light on Ewing sarcoma

To understand how a key oncogenic protein drives Ewing sarcoma – an aggressive type of cancer – researchers have broken down the complexity by studying the process in a yeast model.

News • Environmental microbiome study

How hospital wastewater builds antibiotic resistance

Antibiotics excreted by patients promote antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospital sewers, according to a new study. The insights may contribute to pinpointing the responsible antibiotics.

News • Massive dataset analysis

Study refines what “long Covid” actually is

Conventional methods may greatly overestimate the range and duration of health effects attributable to Covid-19. This is acording to a new dataset analysis of 14.4 billion US health insurance records.

News • What's in the bag

Antibiotics in travel luggage: a gateway to building resistance?

Antibiotics may enter a country via airports, when travellers bring them for their own use. Can this contribute to the development of resistant bacteria? A new study assesses the extent of the issue.

News • Biobank-based study

Large dataset reveals hidden causes of side effects of medicines and vaccines

Why does the same medicine causes side effects in some people while others tolerate it well? In a new study, researchers utilized the Estonian Biobank to provide a more comprehensive picture.

News • Signs of life

BCI could help comatose patients communicate

A new study opens the door to noninvasive brain-computer interfaces that could allow seemingly comatose patients in the ICU with hidden consciousness to communicate with doctors and family members.

News • Chemosensory dysfunction

Smell and taste problems after Covid: study investigates impact of vaccines

A Covid infection can affect a person's sense of smell or taste – but what about vaccination? New research investigated smell and taste changes after vaccination – with reassuring results.

News • Preclinical study

Lung cancer: new approach to reduce radiation-related damage

Radiotherapy can be lifesaving for patients with lung cancer, but may also damage healthy lung tissue and limit future treatments. Discovery of a new immune pathway could help prevent this damage.

News • Trial investigates combined benefits

Liquid biopsy and mammography: a perfect match for breast cancer detection?

Could a liquid biopsy blood test help detect breast cancer earlier than a mammogram alone? A new clinical trial to evaluate this question has just started.

News • GATA2 deficiency

New gene-editing technology could help treat rare diseases

Researchers have successfully corrected part of a genetic defect in stem cells taken from a patient with GATA2 deficiency. This could have significant implications for patients with genetic disorders.

News • Study reveals gender inequalities

Autoimmune disease: women at a disadvantage

Women with autoimmune diseases are significantly more likely than men to have their autoimmune disease misdiagnosed as a psychiatric or psychosomatic condition, according to a new study.

News • Women's health

Ovaries remain relevant after menopause after all

Ovaries do not just cease to function after menopause. In a new study, scientists found that the ovary remains biologically active for decades - with implications for cancer and other diseases.

News • Medical materials

Self-disinfecting fabric uses light to kill bacteria, fungi, viruses

A new self-disinfecting fabric uses visible light to eliminate bacteria, fungi and viruses in hospital settings. The manufacturing process could be easily implemented for hospital-use textiles.

News • Preventive transmission model

How C. diff spreads in a hospital oncology ward

Many cancer treatments leave their recipients immunocompromised and at greater risk of infection. A new transmission model aims to better prevent transmission in hospitals' oncology wards.

News • Current insights and research priorities

Atrial fibrillation during sepsis: what clinicians know (and what they don't)

A new review brings together the current evidence on sepsis-associated atrial fibrillation (SAAF) – and maps the research needed to close the gaps.

News • Study on differing connectivity gradients

Alzheimer's: Researchers explore the dark side of the aging brain

Normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease reshape communication across the brain in distinct patterns. By differentiating these patterns, researchers are developing a new way for early detection.

News • Nature images and calming music

VR instead of medication? A new approach to high blood pressure in the ED

Patients who arrive in the emergency department with elevated blood pressure are extremely common. Instead of treating them with blood pressure medication, a new study tried a calming VR experience.

News • Benefits of reduced sugar consumption

Skipping sweets could help protect the gut microbiome during antibiotic therapy

Could a patient's sweet tooth sabotage antibiotic treatment for blood cancer? A study suggests that eating less sugar could protect the microbiome during allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant.

News • RxFINE-Low trial

Evaluating chemotherapy benefit in high-risk early-stage breast cancer

Can patients with high anatomic risk but low genomic risk for early-stage ER+/HER2- breast cancer do similarly well without chemotherapy? A new trial aims to evaluate the benefits for this subgroup.

News • Oncology

DNA in blood signals cancer risk years ahead

DNA methylation patterns in blood could identify people at high risk of prostate or breast cancer up to eight years before diagnosis, Oxford Population Health researchers report.

News • Onkologie

Tumours use antioxidants to evade immune attack

A Cambridge study reveals how tumours suppress immune responses – and how blocking this mechanism could make immunotherapies effective in more patients.

News • New approach to limit infections

Cystic fibrosis: restoring the respiratory protective barrier

To fight cystic fibrosis at the source, scientists have both identified a key infection mechanism and a way to correct the defect. Their insights could help limit serious complications in CF patients.

News • Collagen-targeted protein CA

New MRI agent to earlier detect lung cancer, hidden metastases

A research team has developed a new class of protein-based MRI contrast agent that detects invasive lung cancer and metastatic disease at earlier stages than conventional imaging approaches.

News • Environmental exposure

Researchers explore link between microplastics and lung cancer

People with lung cancer are more likely to have microplastics in their lungs and to have larger quantities of microplastics in their lungs, according to new research.

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