News • Reduction of cardiovascular disease risk
Chrononutrition: Eat early, save your heart
Beware of midnight snacks: New research shows that the time at which we have our meals could influence our risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
News • Medical communication
Research shows why doctors should listen more to their patients
Clinicians tend to disregard patient self-assessments for their diagnostic decisions, new research suggests – a mistake that might cause those patients unnecessary harm.
News • Lung development research
Immune cell insights for better treatments of respiratory diseases
Researchers have created a first-of-its-kind immune cell atlas of the developing lung, revealing coordination between the immune and respiratory systems much earlier than previously thought.
News • Mental health biomarkers
Could a blood test identify suicidal thoughts?
A new US study suggests a new way to personalize mental health care: They found compounds in the blood of people with depression and suicidal ideation that could be detected using a blood test.
News • Promising prototype solution
An artificial heart valve that grows with the child
Many children born with heart problems receive prosthetic valves, but the valves cannot grow with them. A prototype expanding artificial heart valve could greatly reduce the number of surgeries.
News • Coronavirus research
Increased risk of heart rhythm disruption after Covid-19
A new, large-scale study from Sweden underlines the importance of vaccination against Covid-19: The research shows that an infection raises the risk of heart rhythm disturbances.
News • Optoacoustic imaging method RSOM
AI tells diabetes severity from the skin
Using AI and optoacoustic imaging, researchers have developed a new method to assess microvascular changes in the skin – and thus the severity of diabetes in the patient.
News • Cytokine reference
New “dictionary” reveals suprising complexity of immune responses
Scientists map the effects of 86 immune-signaling molecules called cytokines on every major immune cell type, creating a reference for studying the inner workings of the immune system.
News • Synthetic biology
Artificial cells could be used in drug delivery, tissue engineering
Researchers have developed a simple, yet efficient way to create cell-like synthetic structures. These artificial cells could be used for a range of medical purposes – for example, in drug delivery.
News • Neurology research
New study: Restoring lost brain function after stroke
Neurobiologists in Sweden have discovered a way to partially restore communication between nerve cells in the brain after a stroke. This could lead to future treatments, the researchers say.
Article • Knowledge gaps in gender medicine
Covid-19 and sex: higher mortality of male patients
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected scientific research in numerous ways – for example by highlighting knowledge gaps in gender medicine. In many studies differences in morbidity and mortality between women and men surfaced incidentally. While the extent and causes of these differences remain largely unexplored, the preliminary insights confirm the need for further research.
News • From the heart to the brain
Early onset of coronary heart disease increases dementia risk
Having coronary heart disease at a younger age was associated with an increased risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, a new study finds.
News • Ventricular fibrillation research
Promising therapeutic target for cardiac arrhythmias discovered
A newly discovered signaling mechanism implicated in the development of ventricular fibrillation offers promise of future treatment options for this life threatening condition.
News • Stem cell research
Camouflaging transplants to avoid immune rejection
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, have genetically engineered stem cells so that liver cells obtained from them would be invisible to the immune system.
News • Cortical reorganization
Can our brains 'rewire' themselves after amputation, stroke? Close, but not quite
Stroke survivors regaining motor abilities they thought lost, blind persons developing echolocation – is the brain really able to reorganize in this way? A new study offers a different explanation.
News • Lack of photos in published studies
The unseen faces of psiorasis in science
Scientific articles about psiorasis suffer from a shortage of actual patient images, according to a new study. This makes it hard for patients to grasp the condition, the authors argue.
News • Excessive fluid consumption
Thirsty all the time: harmless habit or hormonal disorder?
Drinking more than three liters of fluid per day may be a harmless habit – or a warning sign for a rare hormone deficiency. Swiss researchers investigated tests to differentiate between the two.
News • Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response
ASMR videos: Why do they work?
Soothing words, gentle sounds: ASMR videos are known to induce pleasant tingling sensations in viewers. Researchers have now published the first systematic review on why (and how) this works.
News • Ultraviolet cell visualisation
'Seeing' cancer though the eyes of a butterfly
Inspired by the enhanced visual system of butterflies, researchers have developed an imaging sensor to “see” into the UV range for differentiating between cancer and normal cells.
News • Viral impostors
Pseudoviruses with click chemistry help understand infections
Würzburg resarchers have created a new pseudovirus design that allows tracking of penetration of viruses into cells.
News • Good killer cells
Cellular immunotherapy: a new approach against cancer
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery – these are the three common forms of cancer therapy. Now, lymphoma specialists in Essen are investigating the possibility of a different approach.
News • Diversity in medicine
Breaking down the bias: how women in medicine are portrayed in films
Seeing a female doctor in a film may inspire women to pursue a career in medicine. However, the clinical gender reality is not well-represented in movies, a new study finds.
News • IC before CRT
Cervical cancer: Improved treatment course increases survival, reduces recurrence
New trial results suggest that a short course of induction chemotherapy prior to chemoradiation could reduce the rate of relapse and death among patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.
News • Evolution of Sars-CoV-2
Coronavirus model predicts new variants
What does the future of the coronavirus look like? An international research team from Cologne and New York has developed a model to predict the likely evolution of Sars-CoV-2.
News • Chronotype, duration, apnea and more
How sleep impacts cardiovascular health
A new study shows five aspects of sleep that are almost equally important to explain the association between sleep and the risk of coronary events and stroke.
