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.

Using pulsed magnetic fields to fight neurodegenerative diseases

Successful innitial laboratory research results at the Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the HZDR. In motor neuron diseases of the nervous system, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commands…

New strategy for COVID-19 prophylaxis

Researchers of the Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation2 at the University of Bonn specifically stimulate the RNA receptor RIG-I SARS-CoV-2 viruses can hide from recognition by the immune system. However, the…

New discovery may help reduce side effects of multiple sclerosis drugs

Investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have discovered how a drug for multiple sclerosis interacts with its targets, a finding that may pave the way for better treatments. The study,…

Vision scientists discover new angle on path of light through photoreceptors

NIH study in ground squirrels suggests dual function for mitochondria in photoreceptor cells. Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have discovered that power-producing organelles in the eye’s photoreceptor cells,…

Cancer: When viruses and bacteria cooperate

Infections with several pathogens simultaneously increase the risk of cervical cancer—these results from a study conducted on artificial 3D tissue models at the University of Wuerzburg. Patients who develop cervical…

Pimple secret popped

How fat cells in the skin help fight acne. Acne is among the most common skin diseases in the United States, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, affecting…

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