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Image: Hands holding a testing kit for rapid viral testing with various diagnostic equipment lying on a table in the background

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23.01.2025

New Diagnostic System for rapid viral testing

Image: The picture shows the researchers who have developed a method that makes the identification of genes involved in diseases easier; Copyright: Felix Heyder / University Hospital Bonn

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10.01.2025

New method for gene identification in medical research
Image: A man sits at a desk, pointing to a computer screen displaying a visual presentation about proton therapy; Copyright: Jefferson Lab photo/Lindsay Cunningham

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16.12.2024

Proton therapy as a safer cancer treatment alternative
Image: Small device for detecting colorectal and prostate cancer; Copyright: The University of Texas at El Paso

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08.11.2024

Low-cost biochip for rapid cancer detection developed at UTEP
Image: Researcher using a pipette to implant cells in a device in a laboratory setting: Copyright: J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester

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25.10.2024

New tissue-on-chip technology to study viral neuroinflammation
Image: Monitors on a desk showing various kinds of data; Copyright: Anna Schroll/Leibniz-HKI

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24.10.2024

Investigating gut microbiome in tumor cachexia
Image: Researcher using the new

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23.10.2024

A faster, easier way to test blood at the bedside with handheld device
Image: Woman smiling at the camera while holding point-of-care testing equipment in a laboratory setting; Copyright: Sylvester Cancer

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18.10.2024

Mouthwash test for predicting head and neck cancer recurrence
Image: Colorful cell organoid of a retina with a yellow dot of DNA; Copyright: Cassian Afting, AG Wittbrodt

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27.09.2024

Controlling organoid development with the help of DNA microspheres
Image: A researcher in a pink lab coat works with a pipette while another scientist in a white lab coat supervises the process in a laboratory setting; Copyright: Gustavo Raskosky

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20.09.2024

Superhydrophobic device to model tumor progression
Image: Comparison of two tissue sections of a lung, on the left a traditional histological section in pink, on the right a digitized and color-coded tissue section; Copyright: Dr. Yuri Tolkach

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16.09.2024

AI-supported platform improves lung cancer diagnostics
Image: Fluorescence microscopy image of a lab-grown

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06.09.2024

Lab-grown 'mini-guts' offer new insights for Crohn’s disease treatments
Image: A close-up of a tube for a tuberculosis test in the laboratory

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29.08.2024

New biomarker predicts side effects of tuberculosis therapy
Image: Fluorescence image of cells in a culture dish; Copyright: S. Rieck/University Hospital Bonn (UKB)

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23.08.2024

Cardiovascular research: Generation of endothelial cells from stem cells
Image: A researcher places cells in a centrifuge.

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16.08.2024

Identifying a high-risk biomarker for gastric cancer recurrence risk
Image: Image of a 3D printed blood vessel; Copyright: Dr Norbert Radasci, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh

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15.08.2024

3D-printed blood vessels offer new hope for heart bypass surgery
Image: Miniature, implantable LED device on the palm of a hand; Copyright: University of Notre Dame

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08.08.2024

LED Implant: A new approach to deep-seated cancer treatment
Image: Two researchers standing in a laboratory, wearing red light goggles and holding an agar plate in their hands; Copyright: UBT/Andreas Möglich

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30.07.2024

Red light as the key to gene activity control
Image: Close-up of an FFP2 mask; Copyright: Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center

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09.07.2024

Tuberculosis diagnosis in children with modified FFP2 mask
Image: Laboratory procedure for the cryopreservation of ovarian tissue; Copyright: Alessandro Winkler University Hospital Bonn (UKB)

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12.06.2024

First successful birth after vitrification of ovarian tissue in Europe
Image: Two people in white coats look at a monitor displaying data on genetic material; Copyright: Karin Kaiser/MHH

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10.06.2024

Heart health: New tool developed to investigate telomere length
Image: Scientist pipettes cells into a test tube in a a laboratory setting

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28.05.2024

New findings on short-term cultivated CAR T cells in cancer treatment
Image: A researcher cultivates bacteria on an agar plate in a laboratory

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27.05.2024

Plasmids in the human intestine: new findings on their use as biomarkers
Image: Man sitting before a monitor showing data from a microscope in the foreground while a woman in the background is looking through a microscope; Copyright: MPIKG

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23.05.2024

Harnessing light to control cellular dynamics
Image: Dorsal root ganglia expressing CGRP after muscle injury; Copyright: Mikaël M. Martino

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10.05.2024

Unveiling the role of sensory neurons in tissue repair
Image: Depiction of the bioelectronic mesh in purple and green with red graphene sensors; Copyright: Gao et al., 10.1038/s41467-024-46636-7

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30.04.2024

Bioelectronic mesh for cardiac tissue monitoring
Image: A Fraunhofer IWS laboratory device is held by a person in blue gloves; Copyright: minkus-images.de/Fraunhofer IWS

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22.04.2024

Insights into the development of metastases with miniature laboratories
Image: Two researchers are standing side by side, smiling for a photo in a bright corridor with windows, likely within a university or research facility; Copyright: CHUM

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12.04.2024

Liver cancer treatment: Utilizing magnetic field-guided microrobots
Image: Microscopic view of human skin tissue with the top layer of epidermal cells and underlying dermal layers stained in different colors for examination; Copyright: TERM/UKW

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05.04.2024

The potential of nasal cartilage in knee joint treatment
Image: The background is black and in the foreground, there are some sugar tubes and pastilles. Furthermore, there is the almost transparent organ-on-chip; Copyright: Silke Riegger, 3R-Center

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26.03.2024

Diabetes: technology enhances molecular understanding
Image: There is a machine with a microscope. On the right side of the picture, there is a screen; Copyright: Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Germany

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25.03.2024

Advanced cell sorting with laser and AI
Image: In the foreground, there is a testing sample held by a tweezer. In the background, a woman is looking at the sample; Copyright: HZDR / Anja Schneider

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12.03.2024

HZDR team introduces novel pathogen detection approach
Image: The picture shows a graphic of a pink colored mitochondria. The background is black.

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08.03.2024

Determine stroke risk early with tear fluid, mitochondria and AI
Image: In the foreground, there is a golden chip, which is used for the analysis, held by two fingers. The background is black. Copyright: David Baillot/University of California San Diego

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05.03.2024

Faster and more accurate pathogen detection through DNA melting
Image: The graphic visualizes the 3D bio-printing method. It shows two needles injecting hydrogels and fibers; Copyright: Universität Bayreuth

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19.02.2024

Advanced 3D printing technology improves tissue engineering
Image: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has shown the need for preparedness for possible future pandemics.

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08.02.2024

EU-Funded Project PAIR improves pandemic preparedness
Image: A stained micrograph of 3D primary human liver cell tissue modeling MASH. Areas of fibrosis are indicated in blue; Copyright: Viscient Biosciences

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07.02.2024

Revolutionizing liver disease research with 3D bioprinted model
Image: Nasal spray and stethoscope lie on a wooden table

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26.01.2024

Nasal antibody spray demonstrates potential for COVID-19 prevention
Image: Person holding a sample in a petri dish; Copyright: Freepik

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23.01.2024

Enhancing urinary tract infection diagnosis with AI
Image: A high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) up close; Copyright: UQ

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22.01.2024

Protecting against zika virus with a microarray patch
Image: Close-up and 3D illustration of cream-colored molecules on a black background; Copyright: Determined

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22.12.2023

A sugar analysis could reveal different types of cancer
Image: AI-based segmentation of melanoma metastases in a tumor; Copyright: USZ

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21.12.2023

Understanding and fighting tumors better with new algorithms
Image: Private lecturer Dr. Jonas Schupp sits next to a microscope and smiles for the camera; Copyright: privat

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20.12.2023

Chronic lung diseases: funding for precision medicine
Image: Dr Tabea Seeliger and Professor Dr Thomas Skripuletz: Utensils for taking tear and saliva samples; Copyright: Karin Kaiser/MHH

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13.12.2023

MS and Sjögren's: the same and yet different
Image: Cell culture plates in an incubator; Copyright: manjurulhaque

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12.12.2023

Detecting side effects of new drugs on the heart more efficiently
Image: Close up: Positive COVID rapid test in a tray; Copyright: elenabednykh

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06.12.2023

AI used in new COVID-19 test improves accuracy
Image: Optical resolution of the latest super-resolution microscopy methods on biomolecules: artistic diagram; Copyright: Universität Würzburg

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06.12.2023

PicoRuler: Molecular rulers for high-resolution microscopy
Image: An artist’s impression of a GELECTO machine interacting with biological cells via sending and reading of electrical and biochemical signals; Copyright: Leibniz-IPF, Ivan Minev

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30.11.2023

New era of cyborganics – Prof. Ivan Minev receives ERC Consolidator Grant
Image: Anatomical model of human pancreatitis; Copyright: JoPanwatD

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23.11.2023

Pancreas: nanoparticles for optimized cancer therapy
Image: Rebecca Richards-Kortum smiles at the camera in a lab; Copyright: Brandon Martin/Rice University

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06.11.2023

Affordable global health technologies for early cancer detection
Image: Three men stand in the UCD Conway Institute; Copyright: Vincent Hoban, University College Dublin

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03.11.2023

World’s first commercial deployment of novel soft X-ray microscope
Image: Image of fluorescently labeled nanoparticles (pink) in human colon cancer cells (green) 24 hours after addition to cell culture; Copyright: umg/Dr. Dolma Choezom

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01.11.2023

Project CANACO: better imaging-based and targeted therapy of colon cancer
Image: Symbolic image: colored contrasting lines in blue and violet on a white background; Copyright: alexlucru123

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27.10.2023

Novel nanoparticles could serve as contrast agents
Image: 3D illustration of red and elongated Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Copyright: iLexx

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25.10.2023

Why tuberculosis bacteria form long chains
Image: Diagram of synapse formation: Glowing protein shows the development of synaptic vesicles; Copyright: Barth van Rossum, FMP

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23.10.2023

Microscopy and fluorescence show how synapses are formed
Image: “Organ-on-chip” symbol image. Close-up of a biochip on a black background; Copyright: NMI

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09.10.2023

Menopause: leveraging organ-on-chip technology for new insights
Image: A patient on the examination table. Three people in white coats stand next to it and look at an ultrasound image on the screen; Copyright: Karin Kaiser / MHH

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06.10.2023

Heart failure: new approaches for treatment shortly before or after birth
Image: Close-up of a Covid test tube; Copyright: stetphotos

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04.10.2023

Rapid electronic diagnostic test for infectious diseases
Image: Abstract virus blood cells; Copyright: Malmö University

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04.10.2023

New sensors could replace current infection testing
Image: The MinION device connected to a computer. The screen shows data from the evaluation; Copyright: Oxford Nanopore

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03.10.2023

Nanopore sequencing and DNA barcoding method gives hope of personalised medicine
Image: Dr. Marina Dziuba in the laboratory with bacterial cultures to produce magnetic nanoparticles; Copyright: Christian Wißler/UBT

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28.09.2023

EXIST funding for bacterial magnetic nanoparticles
Image: Cellular Cartography - Charting the Sizes and Abundance of Our Body's Cells Reveals Mathematical Order Underlying Life; Copyright: MPIMIS

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27.09.2023

Cellular cartography: sizes and abundance revealed
Image: Schematic structure of a sensor for the detection of viral pathogens; Copyright: TUD

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22.09.2023

Diagnostics: pioneering approaches for the detection of viral antigens
Image: Microscopy image and artistic representation of the CHOOSE system in a human brain organoid; Copyright: Knoblich Lab / IMBA-IMP Graphics

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21.09.2023

Autism: brain organoid shows genetic bases
Image: Laboratory worker holds a test tube with blood samples in his hands, test tubes with biomaterial; Copyright: svitlanah

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20.09.2023

New blood marker can identify parkinsonian diseases
Image: Half-bald man with glasses in a dark jacket stands in the sunshine and smiles into the camera; Copyright: Ryan Hull

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19.09.2023

Pathogen detection through electronic detection of DNA nanoballs
Image: Female engineer in laboratory clothing inspects a small circuit board; Copyright: wosunan

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18.09.2023

Microrobots: opportunities for cancer treatment and wound healing
Image: Man with dark hair, glasses and a checked shirt smiles into the camera against a gray and white background; Copyright: Peer Erfle/IMT

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15.09.2023

Microchips: better understand diseases like schizophrenia
Image: Blue immune cells wandering from bottom to top on a black background; Copyright: Jonna Alanko/Science Immunology

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11.09.2023

How immune cells migrate
Image: The drawing of a liver on a white background; Copyright: Dt. Leberstiftung

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08.09.2023

Predicting severe liver disease with simple tools
Image: Nurse prepares patient for blood test; Copyright: seventyfourimages

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08.09.2023

New blood test gives very high accuracy to screen for Alzheimer’s disease
Image: A bald man in a white coat stands in a laboratory and looks over at other people; Copyright: Joakim Palmqvist

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06.09.2023

Advanced biosensors to detect tumors, viruses and bacterial diseases
Image: Close-up of two hands in blue gloves preparing a dose of vaccine by syringe; Copyright: Beate Armbruster/University Hospital of Tuebingen

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05.09.2023

Protection for cancer patients
Image: Two men and a woman in white coats work in a laboratory with reaction vessels; Copyright: Karin Kaiser / MHH

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04.09.2023

More impact against cancer
Image: artificial isolated heart on white background; Copyright: ozaiachin

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01.09.2023

When the heart loses its nerves
Image: Illustration of a protein structure with its amino acid complexes; Copyright: Kateryna Maksymenko

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31.08.2023

Innovative computational approach helps design proteins for cancer treatment
Image: A starch implant photographed in microscopic image; Copyright: Uni Halle / Esfahani Golbarg

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30.08.2023

Pharmacy: Using starch as a novel drug transporter?
Image: A man and woman pose seated with a dummy syringe that says

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30.08.2023

Timing is key in cortisone treatment of inflammation
Image: The team at the Institute of PharmaceuticalMicrobiology: Three women and a man in white coats smile for the camera; Copyright: Gregor Hübl/University of Bonn

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29.08.2023

Researchers decode new antibiotic
Image: Healthy food. Fresh vegetables, fruits, meat and fish on the table. View from above; Copyright: LanaSweet

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25.08.2023

Research gives new insights into fighting antimicrobial resistance
Image: Close-up of microtiter plates that are filled with several pipettes; Copyright: LMU

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25.08.2023

Immunotherapy: Antibody kit to fight tumors