Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Promising stem cell therapy for leukemia patients
Leukemia patients receive a bone marrow transplant, which allows them to build a "new" immune system. However, this immune system not only attacks cancer cells but healthy tissue too. Special antibodies will ...
Cancer
Apr 02, 2013 |
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Measuring glucose without needle pricks
Pricking a finger everyday is just part of everyday life for many diabetes patients. A non-invasive measurement approach could release them from the constant pain of pin pricks. The linchpin is a biosensor ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Regaining proper hearing at last
Around 17 million people in Germany suffer from impaired hearing. For many of them, their hearing is so damaged that a standard hearing aid is no longer enough. A new device will improve patients' hearing ...
Medical research
Apr 02, 2013 |
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Artificial cornea gives hope when transplants won't work
Blindness is often caused by corneal diseases. The established treatment is a corneal transplant, but in many cases this is not possible and donor corneas are often hard to come by. In the future, an artificial ...
Medical research
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Quick detection of periodontitis pathogens
Bleeding gums during tooth brushing or when biting into an apple could be an indication of periodontitis, an inflammatory disease of the tissues that surround and support the teeth. Bacterial plaque attacks ...
Dentistry
Jan 03, 2013 |
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Physio for the home
Accidents or operations are often followed by long periods of rehabilitation treatment. In future, a new technology will allow patients to do physiotherapy exercises at home, while still making sure that ...
Health
Jan 14, 2013 |
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Putting electronic cigarettes to the test
Electronic cigarettes are experiencing somewhat of a boom at the moment. An estimated two million people in Germany have already turned to the vapor cigarette, which many view as a healthy alternative to ...
Addiction
Dec 07, 2012 |
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Blood vessels from your printer
Researchers have been working at growing tissue and organs in the laboratory for a long time. These days, tissue engineering enables us to build up artificial tissue, although science still hasn't been successful ...
Medical research
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Non-slip tracheal implants
If a person‘s windpipe is constricted, an operation in which the surgeon inserts a stent to enlarge the trachea is often the only way to relieve their respiratory distress. But this grid-like implant ...
Medical research
Jul 03, 2012 |
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Recognizing blood poisoning quickly
(Medical Xpress) -- Is the patient suffering from blood poisoning? To answer this question, the doctor draws a blood sample and sends it to a central laboratory for testing. This takes up valuable time, which ...
Medical research
Dec 02, 2011 |
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First aid after tick bites
(Medical Xpress) -- They come out in the spring, and each year they spread further – the ticks. Thirty percent of them transmit borrelia pathogens, the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis that can damage joints and ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Implant to replace defective venous valve
If heart valves don't close properly, they are replaced. Conventional treatment of venous valve failure, however, has up to now always and exclusively been via medication. In future, an implant will assume ...
Other
Mar 08, 2012 |
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A novel therapeutic advancement in the search for heart muscle progenitor cells
Breakthrough in heart research: The research team from Professor Katja Schenke-Layland of the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB in Stuttgart has discovered cell surface ...
Cardiology
Nov 23, 2012 |
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Hip implant for long-term use
Hip replacement is one of the most frequent operations carried out in Germany. Each year, doctors implant some 200,000 artificial hip joints. Often the artificial hips need to be replaced just ten years later. ...
Other
May 04, 2012 |
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Clinical tests for medicines made from genetically modified plants
UK regulators have approved Europe's first clinical trial of a monoclonal antibody produced from genetically modified plants. This landmark decision sets the stage for the testing, in humans, of an anti-HIV product made from ...
Other
Jul 21, 2011 |
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