Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

A protein enables cardiovascular risk assessment

Researchers at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have managed to predict the probability of a cardiovascular patient suffering a heart attack, stroke or arterial occlusion within three months. In the long-term, ...

Cardiology created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The immune system can delay healing of bone fractures

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have succeeded in demonstrating an association between delayed bone fracture healing and increased concentration of specific immune cells in the blood ...

Medical research created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists improve arthritis treatments: Rheumatism patients can hope for a new therapy

Together with colleagues from the international rheumatic diseases research community, scientists of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have presented a new therapy approach for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nanotechnology against pollen allergy

Scientists at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have now been able to identify the grass pollen molecule, against which the allergic response of hay fever in children is initiated. In addition, it was shown that ...

Immunology created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Beginning in the womb: Lifestyle of mother shapes disposition for child's subsequent weight

A disposition to be overweight is shaped even before birth. This has been proven by scientists of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in an international study, which has appeared in the professional journal Plos On ...

Health created Jan 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new promising approach in the therapy of pain

The treatment of inflammatory pain can be improved by endogenous opioid peptides acting directly in injured tissue. Scientists at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Université Paris Descartes showed that ...

Medical research created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Using antibodies against immune deficiency

Early, intensive therapy with a biotechnologically produced medication can provide significantly faster pain relief for patients with rheumatic joint inflammation. Damage to joints can also be reduced when the medication ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Sep 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Self-regulating networks dictate the genetic program of tumor cells

Scientists at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin could explain a yet unknown regulatory network that controls the growth of tumor cells. Understanding such networks is an important task in molecular tumor biology in ...

Cancer created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Structural and functional abnormalities found in brains of relapsed alcohol-dependent patients

Scientists at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have succeeded in coming closer to determining the risk of relapse in detoxified alcohol-dependent patients. Using an imaging process (magnetic resonance tomography) ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Molecular signature of hantavirus infection in humans decoded

German scientists at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Labor Berlin GmbH have succeeded in clarifying the molecular signature of the viruses that lead to an increasing size and number of hantavirus outbreaks in ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0