Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Leading chikungunya vaccine in clinical trial phase 2

With the first patient vaccinated, a phase 2 clinical trial of a promising prophylactic vaccine candidate against Chikungunya fever has now commenced. The product is the most advanced Chikungunya vaccine candidate globally ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

The workings of human interaction and improvisation

With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, Michael Kimmel from the University of Vienna investigates the workings of human interaction and improvisation. The cognitive scientist is trying to find out more about the ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Parkinson's vaccine – clinical results boost prospects

AFFiRiS AG announced today results of AFF008A, a Phase I clinical trial to assess boost immunizations with AFFITOPE PD01A, an active vaccine against Parkinson's disease (PD). The study was funded by a $1.04 million grant ...

Pediatrics

Is colitis in infants caused by their own intestinal flora?

The existing explanatory model for the development of a special form of colitis in infants is currently being called into question: Whereas it was previously assumed that the cause is an allergic reaction to cow's milk proteins, ...

Health

Environmental chemicals and their effects on human health

In our daily lives we are exposed to a great variety of environmental chemicals found in cleaning substances, cosmetics, plastic products, textiles or food supplements. Many of these synthetic products leave traces in our ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Why kidney disease damages the vascular system

Modified "good" cholesterol (HDL) and the activation of specific genes are causes of damage to the vascular system in chronic renal disease. These fundamental findings are the result of a recently completed project supported ...

Gerontology & Geriatrics

Robust networks that persist into old age

Being able to grow old and die in one's own home is something people want, including those who live alone. Behind the life situation of the latter one finds many different relationship constellations and support networks. ...

Ophthalmology

New technique analyses blood flow in glaucoma patients

The link between blood flow in the retina and the development of glaucoma can now be measured accurately for the first time. This was made possible by the further development of an established measurement method, optical ...

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