News • Coronavirus infection
Hair and libido loss: list of 'Long Covid' symptoms grows
Long Covid sufferers have experienced a wider set of symptoms than previously thought including hair loss and sexual dysfunction, new research has found.
News • Muscle strength analysis
What a weak handgrip says about your health
Muscle strength is a powerful predictor of mortality that can quickly and inexpensively be assessed by measuring handgrip strength, researchers show in a new study.
News • CD4-PP vs. UTI
Reducing the risk of infection for patients with urinary catheters
Indwelling catheters through the urethra often cause bacterial infections. A newly discovered synthetic peptide is a promising treatment option, even against antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
News • Early dementia detection
Protein sensor detects Alzheimer's up to 17 years in advance
A sensor identifies misfolded protein biomarkers in the blood. This offers a chance to detect Alzheimer's disease before any symptoms occur. Researchers intend to bring it to market maturity.
News • Protective coating
Researchers develop spray-on 'Covid shield'
A sprayable coating that can prevent the surface spread of infection from bacteria and viruses – including Covid-19 – over a sustained period has been developed by Australian researchers.
News • Vascular network research
How blood vessels 'remember' a stroke
Networks adapt over time and in this way form a kind of memory. German researchers show that the structure of blood vascular network is dynamic and can adapt to external factors.
News • Promising approach
Producing Covid-19 antibodies from chicken eggs
Researchers have been able to produce antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in hen eggs. Antibodies harvested from eggs might be used to treat Covid-19 or as a preventative measure.
News • Protein aggregation
Parkinson's: Why copper could make it worse
Copper exposure in the environment and the protein alpha-synuclein in the human brain could play an important role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease, researchers found.
News • Hypothyroidism as risk factor
To fend off dementia, take care of the thyroid
Older people with hypothyroidism, also called underactive thyroid, may be at increased risk of developing dementia.
News • Betacoronavirus protection
Nanoparticle vaccine protects against Covid-19 variants and related viruses
A new type of vaccine provides protection against a variety of SARS-like betacoronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 variants, in mice and monkeys, according to a new study.
News • Immunity?
A path to better rabies vaccine design
Scientists shared one of the first high-resolution looks at the rabies virus glycoprotein in its vulnerable 'trimeric' form, revealing potential vaccine targets.
News • New study
AI better at spotting heart failure than current tests
Artificial intelligence can help diagnose acute heart failure with more accuracy than current blood tests alone, research suggests.
News • Unifying disease dynamics
Covid-19: New insights into recovery after severe disease
Recovery from severe Covid-19 is characterized by a reduction of certain white blood cells and changes in the molecular regulation of the immune system, an international research team found.
News • Genetics research
Chromosomes: How the 'extra X factor' is putting men at risk
Around one in 500 men could be carrying an extra X or Y chromosome – most of them unaware – putting them at increased risk of diseases such as type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis and thrombosis.
News • Study shows elevated risk
Finding connections between diabetes and heart valve disease
Individuals with diabetes display a substantially increased risk of disease in left-sided heart valves compared to controls without diabetes, a new comprehensive register study shows.
News • "Broken heart syndrome"
Brain changes linked to emotion discovered in Takotsubo syndrome
Changes in areas of the brain associated with emotion have been identified in people with Takotsubo syndrome, sometimes known as broken heart syndrome, according to new research.
News • Infectious disease screening
Bronchial organoids and drug discovery applications advance Covid-19 research
A research group from Kyoto developed two in vitro models to study SARS-CoV-2, and showed that they can be used for drug screening for infectious diseases including Covid-19.
News • Thermogenesis
How Alzheimer's (quite literally) fries the brain
Researchers have shown that aggregation of amyloid-beta, one of two key proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s disease, causes cells to overheat and ‘fry like eggs.’
News • Faulty gene is catalyst
New liver and kidney disease identified
Scientists have identified a new disease in a ground-breaking discovery that could help patients with unexplained liver and kidney problems.
News • Breakthrough with the help of computer-based protein design
Immune diseases: Advancing the development of novel drugs
Latest developments in computational protein design enable the simulation of sequence and structural changes in proteins for creating novel agents in human medicine.
News • Surface treatment
Preventing deadly hospital infections without antibiotics
Hospital-acquired infections are dangerous for patients and costly for clinics. A novel surface treatment could help improve the safety of medical devices and ease the economic burden.
News • Viral gateway found
3D analysis gives insights into how Hepatitis enters the liver
Scientists from France and Belgium gained insights into the structure and function of a central liver protein: NTCP, a cellular-entry pathway for bile salts – but also for certain hepatitis viruses.
News • Sleep mode
Anaesthesia: unconscious brains are anything but "silent"
Swiss researchers discovered how different cell types in cortex change their activity during general anesthesia, helping to understand how unconsciousness may be induced.
News • To enter human cells
SARS-CoV-2 hijacks antiviral human proteins
SARS-CoV-2 depends on the broadly antiviral interferon-induced human transmembrane proteins , to enter human cells and replicate inside them.
News • After hospitalization
Covid: two years later, half of patients still have symptoms
Two years after infection with COVID-19, half of patients who were admitted to hospitals still have at least one symptom, according to the longest follow-up study to date.