Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Justus-Liebig-Universität (JLU) Gießen have identified a new hepatitis B virus in Brazilian capuchin monkeys. Their research, which offers insights into the evolution of hepatitis B viruses in…
Ultrasound technology may replace the need for liver biopsies
The most commonly used approach for identifying areas of hypoperfusion on perfusion magnetic resonance images is visualization and manual delineation by the clinician. This approach is both subjective and time-consuming, thus unsuitable…
Challenge
Loss of bone health is a global health problem in aging populations. Every third women and every fifth men is at risk of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis results from misbalance of bone resorption and formation processes. These misbalances…
In case of a tooth loss, there are several techniques available for the artificial replacing of the tooth. However, most of these tooth replacement techniques require a severe surgical intervention. Moreover, most of these artificial implants do…
MagForce AG (Frankfurt, Scale, XETRA: MF6, ISIN: DE000A0HGQF5), a leading medical device company in the field of nanomedicine focused on oncology, today announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Independent Public Clinical…
A joint project sponsored by eight European countries adds a new dimension to international cooperation in science: EU-OPENSCREEN, a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), will establish a substance library in Berlin. This collection of…
At the World Health Summit, around 2,000 stakeholders and decision-makers from 100 countries and every field in the healthcare spectrum will work together to find solutions for global health challenges. As the world’s foremost strategic forum for…
Potsdam-Rehbruecke – Women with obesity are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, even if they are considered to be metabolically healthy. Moreover, women of normal weight are at risk of heart attack or stroke if they suffer from a metabolic…
Researchers at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut have reproduced measles virus transmission in an animal model. They were able to show that an efficient interaction with two cellular receptors plays a decisive role in the efficient transmission of the virus.…
