healthy children can be used as a comparative value for other studies in the future. "So far, only the findings of children with different diseases could be compared," explains the scientist. The study [...] aged three weeks to six years for the first time, tested them for the microorganisms present and compared them with those from cystic fibrosis sufferers of the same age," explains the research group leader

rate in children after kidney transplantation has fallen in recent decades, it is still very high compared to the general population due to early cardiovascular complications. "Our new findings can explain [...] that girls with advanced chronic kidney disease are more prone to developing vascular stiffness compared to boys; this difference persists after transplant." Vascular stiffness is a medical characteristic

worldwide. Limitations compared to the average population The results of the CogniNMO study show that people with NMOSD score worse in visual processing speed and word fluency compared to the average population

Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) is also involved. The study compares two different psychotherapies. The goal: "We want to learn more about the mode of action of psy [...] treatment for this group of patients so far," regrets the psychiatrist. The Change PDD study will now compare the two therapy programmes "Cognitive-Behavioural Analysis System of Psychotherapy" (CBASP) and

with FA and AT. The team observed a drastically increased risk of cancer in the affected children compared to the general population. Study results support patient counselling "Based on our results, the [...] cancer before the age of 18 is 11 per cent in children with FA and 14 per cent in children with AT. Compared to the general population, this corresponds to a 39- and 56-fold increased risk, respectively,"

Hoeper, Vice Director of the Department of Pneumology. Researchers compared three different patient groups In the study, the team compared three different patient groups. The first group consisted of patients

MHH ranks 25th in Lower Saxony, only the University of Göttingen performs better. “For us, as a comparatively small departmental university in the field of life sciences, this achievement is a great success

some of the currently 95 known different adenovirus types are more vulnerable than others: "A comparative sequence analysis revealed that some adenovirus types may have developed a strategy to evade A

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

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. This is being done at the