development of long and post-COVID," the cardiologist suspects. Finding new treatment approaches The researchers use a specially developed COFONI technology platform with which a COVID course can be generated [...] , wants to elucidate the mechanisms by which the coronavirus influences the heart. "Some long- and post-COVID symptoms, such as shortness of breath, can probably be attributed to the heart," says the [...] This metabolic condition has already been detected in the blood serum and white blood cells of Long-COVID sufferers. The researchers suspect that the dysfunction of the cellular power plants may also affect

"Establishment of an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral virtual COVID rehabilitation clinic for telemedical support of GP care for long COVID patients in Lower Saxony". Text: Tina Götting * However, a large [...] affected by post-COVID in Lower Saxony and Germany cannot be determined due to the lack of register data. Nevertheless, clinical experience (long waiting times in the clinic's own COVID rehab consultation) [...] leads from the virtual rehabilitation clinic to the consultation hours for rehabilitation for COVID-19 long-term effects of the Clinic for Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine or, if necessary, to specialist

Rüdiger Garbs, she handed over 250 very special cultural envelopes to Dr Bastian Ringe from the COVID-19 Task Force of the Hannover Medical School (MHH). "A great idea, we thank you for this extraordinary [...] cultural institutions in Hanover that have already been struggling with the Lockdown aftermath for a long time. All participants hope that the MHH employees will be able to use the cultural envelopes as soon

slightly different HEV strains every year, mostly by eating infected pork. But another genotype, long suspected to be found only in rats, has now been detected in patients after organ transplantation [...] vaccines have been developed against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Effective drugs for a targeted COVID-19 treatment, on the other hand, do not yet exist. The research team led by Dr. Simon Krooss wants

by the federal government, the state of Lower Saxony, the Helmholtz Association and the HZI. "The COVID-19 pandemic has just shown us how important infection research and personalised medicine are - and [...] therapy approaches. These should then clearly define who needs to be treated particularly quickly, how long treatment should last and what happens to patients who do not respond well to treatment. The indi

vaccination were sick for fewer days thanks to the VPM1002 booster, did not have to be hospitalised for as long and had fewer fever days," emphasises the study leader. In principle, VPM1002 is effective against [...] VPM1002 booster effect "VPM1002 as Prophylaxis Against Severe Respiratory Tract Infections Including COVID-19 in the Elderly: a phase III randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical

published the world's first paper on the new XBB.1.5-based vaccine from Biontech. As part of the "COVID-19 Contact (CoCo)" study at the MHH, 53 MHH employees who received the vaccine were examined. Their [...] affiliated institutions. "Our data can also make a significant contribution to better understanding the long-term immune response against SARS-CoV-2 and assessing the success of the vaccination," says the physician

processes within the cells. Professor Thum has been studying the functions of these RNAs in cells for a long time. "Within the family of non-coding RNAs, circRNAs are particularly stable and species-conserved [...] deteriorates. But SARS-CoV-2 also attacks the heart muscle. "In up to ten per cent of severely affected COVID-19 sufferers, new heart failure that was not present before the infection can occur within a year