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.

Restoration of immune defense in liver disease

Link between chronic liver disease and high susceptibility to viral infections elucidated by Bonn researchers. The results of the study now published in the Journal of Hepatology. Patients suffering from…

New intracellular “smoke detector” discovered

Researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Singapore have discovered a new intracellular “smoke detector.” The sensor warns of damage to the mitochondria – the microscopic power plants that supply…

Milestone in pulmonary hypertension therapy

In pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), the small vessels in the lungs become increasingly narrow and obstruct the transport of blood to the lungs. A new drug can stop this change…

Neurology team researches mechanisms of repeated strokes

How can people be prevented from being affected again after a stroke? In order to find new therapeutic approaches for prevention, the international CRESCENDO consortium led by the MHH is…

How nanoplastics can influence metabolism

PET, the plastic used to make bottles, for example, is ubiquitous in our natural environment. In a joint study, scientists from Leipzig University and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research…

Heart tissue heads to space

… to aid research on aging and impact of long spaceflights. Note: Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers Deok-Ho Kim and Devin Mair will participate in a NASA teleconference for journalists on…

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