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Tag: Covid-19

Sociologist Ulrike Zartler from Vienna in front of an empty playground due to the corona crisis.

Portrait

16 March 2021

Coronavirus: families at breaking point?

By Margit Schwarz-Stiglbauer

Working from home, home-schooling, distance learning. Over the last year, families have had to cope with an enormous burden. How are they really doing? And what are the needs of parents – and their children? Answers to these questions are being supplied through a longitudinal study conducted by family sociologist Ulrike Zartler of the University […] Continue reading “Coronavirus: families at breaking point?”
Physicians Manfred Hecking und Roman Reindl-Schwaighofer

Projects

1 March 2021

The body’s defences against coronavirus

An enzyme produced by the human body is the receptor for coronavirus, but its intravenous infusion could have a positive influence on the course of Covid-19 infections, thereby serving as a new treatment option. A research group led by the Viennese physicians Manfred Hecking and Roman Reindl-Schwaighofer has now presented evidence that the body reacts […] Continue reading “The body’s defences against coronavirus”

Projects

21 December 2020

New therapeutic approach designed to improve life with donor lungs

The Covid-19 pandemic shows the importance of medical research in the treatment of lung diseases. The Medical University of Vienna is renowned the world over in the field of lung transplantation medicine. Currently, they are testing a new therapeutic approach designed to improve the situation of patients in the long term. Continue reading “New therapeutic approach designed to improve life with donor lungs”

Interview & Opinion

16 November 2020

The surprising properties of the coronavirus envelope

Interview: Reinhard Kleindl

In computer simulations of components of the coronavirus, an international team including the physicist Mateusz Sikora found its surface proteins to be unexpectedly flexible. The impressive 3D reconstructions are the first to show detailed information about the virus surface. This has an impact on current vaccine development, as Sikora explains in this interview. Continue reading “The surprising properties of the coronavirus envelope”

Interview & Opinion

22 May 2020

What Corona has to do with high blood pressure

Interview: Reinhard Kleindl

Certain drugs against high blood pressure are suspected to cause a more severe course of Covid-19, but this suspicion is still awaiting confirmation by experts. The physician Manfred Hecking is now conducting the first clinical study to investigate the exact relationship between the system that regulates human blood pressure and corona infection. Continue reading “What Corona has to do with high blood pressure”

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