Paralysis, speech disorders and problems walking. Often, it does not remain a one-time event. Many patients experience a recurrence of the stroke and further deterioration of their health. How do these r [...] currently available measures to prevent recurrent strokes are not sufficiently effective in many patients," Dr. Große explains. Currently, preventive measures aim to inhibit blood clotting and minimize [...] specific methodological expertise to the study and will evaluate blood samples from a total of 5,000 patients. In doing so, they will focus on a large number of molecular mediators on the one hand and on very

were able to demonstrate significant differences in the TP53 variant spectrum in patients with severe compared to patients with less severe disease courses. The type of TP53 variant is decisive "Differences [...] can be adapted to the individual risk," says Kratz. "The finding that a substantial proportion of patients are missed when using the previously established LFS test criteria suggests that the criteria need

Michael Manns. "Thanks are due to our dedicated employees who work as a team for the well-being of our patients." "Newsweek" and the data portal Statista have evaluated more than 2,300 hospitals from 28 countries [...] networking of its medical professionals. It is based in particular on doctors' recommendations, patient satisfaction surveys and medical performance indicators on treatment quality. The difficult general

cannot insert a square box into a patient's chest," the scientist explains. But the scientist is not only focusing on breathing, but also on kidney function. Because patients who have severe lung disease and [...] exchange. This lung support system is already being used clinically - for example, to provide oxygen to patients in intensive care units who are severely ill with COVID-19. "So far, however, we have only been [...] endogenous to the body, are also genetically modified so that they are virtually invisible to the patient's immune system and are therefore not recognized as foreign and fought against," explains the cardiac

count, pollution and climate, and investigating which influences affect the course of the disease. “Patients play an active role in CALM-QE, because the project will also include data from the participants' [...] disease development with structured data In order to make the data from the clinics, practices and patient-generated data usable and comparable for all researchers, they must first be standardised and structured [...] Director Professor Dr Gesine Hansen. "The aim is to be able to make a diagnosis adapted to each patient and to give more individualised therapy recommendations that effectively counteract the personal

case-by-case decisions for individual curative trials. To ensure that the therapy is available to all patients as an established method in the future, a multicenter clinical trial is to test the new therapeutic [...] over viral defense Until the development of the new method, there was only one treatment option for patients taking immunosuppressive drugs: The immunosuppressants were discontinued. That way, there was a [...] specific T cells are transferred into the body of PML sufferers, they fight the virus there and the patient's condition stabilizes. Unique T-cell donation registry at MHH identifies matching donors "However

prove this in the brains of borderline patients who had been treated with a botulinum toxin injection in the glabellar region. Just four weeks later, the patients had significantly reduced symptoms, which [...] help of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), they have visualised the neuronal effects in borderline patients. The result: botulinum toxin influences the so-called amygdala or almond nucleus in the temporal [...] less costly than some other therapy options and have a very good tolerance and acceptance among patients," Professor Krüger explains. Botulinum toxin curbs emotional constant fire in the tonsil nucleus

cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment in the Member States in order to improve care for all patients in the EU. The project focuses on measures of personalized medicine. Genomics is an important c [...] specialised centers. This would allow identical therapeutic approaches to be applied across the EU to patients with similar cancer profiles. The project builds on the findings from comprehensive genomic projects [...] training and education to raise awareness of the importance of genomics in healthcare professionals, patients and the general public. The aim of the project is to develop recommendations for initiatives in

risk of cancer in the affected children compared to the general population. Study results support patient counselling "Based on our results, the risk of developing cancer before the age of 18 is 11 per cent [...] Prevention/Predisposition at the Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) Hannover of MHH. Data from 581 patients analysed In total, data from 581 affected individuals diagnosed between the years 1973 and 2020 [...] disorders in Würzburg (FA and AT) and Hannover (AT) were analysed. The researchers identified 421 patients with FA and 160 with AT. With the help of an encryption algorithm to pseudonymise the data, a comparison

project relies on so-called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), which can be obtained from patients’ somatic cells by a technology known as “somatic cell reprogramming”. The special feature of the [...] be used to generate specific replacement cells in a dish, which subsequently can be returned to a patient as a cure. MHH scientists have recently enabled continuous production of iPS cell-derived functional [...] eliminate disease-causing bacteria. Therefore, they have the great potential, for example, for treating patients with severe bacterial infection of the lungs (pneumonia), which do not respond to antibiotics. "The