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.

Targeted therapy for cancer of unknown primary (CUP)

Encouraging results from a large international study led by Heidelberg have recently been published in the journal “Lancet”: The genetic material of cancer cells with unknown tissue of origin contains…

AI tool improves diagnosis of leukaemia in children

Significant progress in personalised medicine: MHH researchers combine comprehensive clinical data in an easy-to-use platform. Genetic changes are the driving force behind many types of cancer, including leukaemia. They have…

World first in steroid-related harm reduction

A focus on harm reduction has led to a world-first steroid-testing service being offered in Brisbane.  Launched by Griffith University’s Dr Tim Piatkowski in partnership with the Queensland Injectors Health…

Genetic diagnostics of ultra-rare diseases

Large multicenter study identifies 34 new genetic diseases. The majority of rare diseases have a genetic cause. The underlying genetic alteration can be found more and more easily, for example…

Improving HIV treatment in children and adolescents – the right way!

Globally, around 2.6 million children and adolescents are currently living with HIV, the majority of them in Africa. These young people are much more likely to experience treatment failure than…

Turning the enemy into a friend

Sounds paradoxical: varicella zoster virus spreads better in the body by enhancing an immune defence mechanism. Varicella zoster virus (VZV) can cause chickenpox, as well as shingles and severe complications….

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