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.

Safety in space

Synthetic hibernation could provide protection from cosmic radiation. It is still a glimpse into the future: Astronauts could be put into artificial hibernation and in this state be better protected…

How Covid-19 causes neurological damage

Although the coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 does not infect nerve cells, it can cause damage to the nervous system. Researchers from the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel have…

Covid vaccination improves effectiveness of cancer treatment

Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer are often treated with drugs that activate their immune system against the tumor. Until now, it was feared that vaccination against Covid-19 could reduce the success…

Mapping the Communications Hub of the Brain

The thalamus acts as central communications hub for the brain, relaying information from the senses and other brain parts. Despite its importance, however, it is far from being fully understood….

Gene correction as a possible therapy for iron storage disease

Research team uses CRISPR/Cas technology to repair C282Y mutation in primary haemochromatosis. Hereditary primary haemochromatosis is one of the most common inborn errors of metabolism in Europe. In this disorder,…

Fatty liver is increasingly the cause of liver cell cancer

MHH research team has published current review on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in The Lancet. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. In Germany, there are currently…

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