are implanted transvenously, i.e. a wire-shaped electrode is guided from the device below the collarbone via a larger vein into the heart, where it is firmly placed. If a malignant cardiac arrhythmia occurs [...] heartbeat is too slow or paused. "The new system is a successful further development of subcutaneous ICD systems and a good alternative for patients for whom a transvenous system is not well suited," explains [...] made in favor of the new Aurora defibrillator system. This device now gives Bastian K. a feeling of security. Bastian K. was discharged from hospital one day after the implantation. In addition to the medical
treatable monogenetic diseases that are caused by a defect in a single gene - also in the liver. These include the blood coagulation disorders haemophilia A or B or the metabolic disease phenylketonuria. [...] biologists call this way of getting desired properties more quickly with a clever selection process. Two AAV variants called MLIV.K and MLIV.A have won the race. They find the liver cells quickly and reliably [...] are transported directly into the cell as a "drug". In Europe, some gene therapies have already been approved - for example, for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a congenital neuromuscular disease with severe
concentration problems months after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. This is where a project of the Hannover Medical School (MHH) comes in: With a virtual COVID rehabilitation clinic (ViCoReK-NDS), it wants to support GP [...] (long waiting times in the clinic's own COVID rehab consultation) and a survey of GP practices (Egen et al. 2023) show that there is still a need on the part of patients. [...] diagnose and treat. Nevertheless, they must be taken very seriously and treated," says Kristine Engeleit, a doctor at the Institute of General Medicine and Palliative Medicine. According to an MHH survey, GPs
scientific knowledge and a high level of practical experience." A practice lab for students The SkillsLab has been open to midwifery students at MHH since the end of 2022. A SkillsLab is a practice lab for students [...] means that students have access to a fully equipped delivery room, a room for the care of newborns, pregnant women and mothers in the postpartum period, as well as a multifunctional room in the modern [...] three and a half years. The entry requirement for midwifery training is a twelve-year general school education. Students receive an academic degree combined with practical professional training. As a degree