07.09.2022 Medicines that are injected must be continuously tested for impurities as part of their production and release, as these can cause fever or even blood poisoning. Until now, this has mostly

02.09.2022 Chronic heart failure - also known as cardiac insufficiency in medicine - is the most common reason for hospital admissions and one of the most frequent causes of death in the western world

16.09.2022 Hannover Medical School mourns the death of Professor Dr Hans Borst. The "father" of surgery at MHH died on 8 September 2022 at the age of 94. "Professor Borst and his team laid the foundat

14.09.2022 Sepsis is the most common cause of death in infections. In Germany alone, around 75,000 people die from it every year. The most severe form of sepsis leads to circulatory failure, which exp

01.07.2022 Most body cells can defend themselves against viruses after they have been activated by the body's own messenger substances (interferons). This happens with the help of proteins that recogn

29.06.2022 About one percent of the world's adult population suffers from pulmonary hypertension (PH). There are many forms of this disease. One of them is idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (

27.06.2022 Sarcomas are rare tumors that originate either in bone or soft tissue. They can arise in almost all regions of the body. Accordingly, the symptoms vary and early detection and treatment are

25.04.2022 About four million people in Germany suffer from one of the many different rare diseases (SE) - especially seriously ill children who require intensive medical treatment. Most rare diseases