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Tag: Medicine

Interview & Opinion

15 March 2023

“Go into the forest, come out healthier”

Interview: Ingrid Ladner

For many years, environmental physician Daniela Haluza has been making every effort to link health issues to environmental issues. In this interview, she talks about new forest research insights, biodiversity in city parks and insects on the windshield. Continue reading ““Go into the forest, come out healthier””
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Projects

6 March 2023

Artificial intelligence could improve therapy for lymphoma

Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of lymph node cancer, requires chemotherapy and radiation therapy that can be very stressful for patients. A research group in Vienna is working on a method to predict the course of the disease with the help of artificial intelligence algorithms. This would facilitate a fine-tuning of treatment methods.   Continue reading “Artificial intelligence could improve therapy for lymphoma”

Projects

1 August 2022

Strategies of locusts being used for new active substances

The hormone systems of insects and humans have quite a lot in common. This fascinating research finding is now being used in biomedicine as a basis for new drugs with low side effects. The biochemist Christian Gruber has investigated locust hormones in an international basic research project. Continue reading “Strategies of locusts being used for new active substances”

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2022

A cell protein like a bull in a china shop

Interview: Alois Pumhösel

If the protein legumain is not in its proper place in the human cell, the likely result is cancer or Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular biologist and START prize winner Elfriede Dall from the University of Salzburg is investigating how this protein functions outside of its usual environment.    Continue reading “A cell protein like a bull in a china shop”

On the road

26 April 2022

Zebrafish and sushi

By Antonia Lichtenegger

Antonia Lichtenegger’s research is focused on gaining the most accurate insights possible into the tissues of our bodies. During her Schrödinger stay in Japan, the physicist was successful in helping her host develop an improved imaging method for cancer research. She will soon return to Austria, bringing home many new contacts and a fascination for […] Continue reading “Zebrafish and sushi”

Projects

11 April 2022

“A powerful tool” for paraplegic patients

Up to 80 percent of people with a spinal cord injury suffer from spasticity. Hitherto the choice open to them lay only between medication with strong side effects or risky surgery. The mathematician and neuroscientist Ursula Hofstötter has now developed a procedure that mitigates spasticity and also improves mobility – without medication or surgery. Continue reading ““A powerful tool” for paraplegic patients”

Projects

14 March 2022

Fine-tuning cochlear implants greatly boosts quality of hearing

Cochlear implants enable people with hearing impairments to communicate with others using spoken language. Noisy environments and diverse sources of interference are still making conversation difficult, however. The Innsbruck biologist Anneliese Schrott-Fischer and her interdisciplinary team have now succeeded in laying the foundations for individually perfecting the implants. Continue reading “Fine-tuning cochlear implants greatly boosts quality of hearing”

Portrait

25 January 2022

Here’s a tobacco plant that saves lives

By Margit Schwarz-Stiglbauer

Molecular biologist Herta Steinkellner and her team have succeeded in producing highly effective antibodies against Covid-19. What is amazing about her method is that these medical wonder weapons are produced by – humanised – plants. This feat could be performed because at the genetic level the boundaries between living beings are blurred. Continue reading “Here’s a tobacco plant that saves lives”

Projects

24 January 2022

The impact of epilepsy on emotions and social skills

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases. It often occurs in childhood and adolescence and has psychosocial consequences. A research team in Salzburg led by neurologist Eugen Trinka was the first to prove a connection between deficits in emotion recognition and social cognition. The results will lead to new therapeutic approaches. Continue reading “The impact of epilepsy on emotions and social skills”

Projects

2 November 2021

Human milk supplies ideas for new cardiovascular drugs

In the context of her Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship in the USA, Ariane Pessentheiner investigated potential uses for the anti-inflammatory power of human breast milk in new treatments against atherosclerosis. Pessentheiner is now focusing on how better to communicate scientific findings on cardiovascular diseases to the general public. Continue reading “Human milk supplies ideas for new cardiovascular drugs”

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