Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Immunology

Stopping inflammation from becoming chronic

An international research team led by Friedrich Schiller University in Jena has developed a highly sensitive cell model to study the complex effects – and side effects – of anti-inflammatory drugs, with the ultimate aim ...

Health

Why vitamin E effect is often a matter of luck

Vitamin E's positive effects often fail to manifest themselves as strongly as expected, but sometimes administering vitamin E actually has detrimental effects. An international team has now found a possible cause for this. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Reading risk behavior in the brain

Anxious people take fewer risks—this is not surprising. However, a team of psychologists from the German Friedrich Schiller University Jena, together with partners from Würzburg in Germany and the Canadian University of ...

Oncology & Cancer

The molecular mechanisms of the cancer-protective effect of nuts

Roasted and salted, ground as a baking ingredient or fresh from the shell – for all those who enjoy eating nuts, there is good news from nutritionists at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany). Their latest research ...

Neuroscience

Both hemispheres of the brain process numbers

Researchers of the Jena University and of the Jena University Hospital located an important region for the visual processing of numbers in the human brain and showed that it is active in both hemispheres. In the Journal of ...

Inflammatory disorders

Watching the inflammation process in real time

Junior Scientist from the Jena University develops a test system for the search for new active ingredients: Dr. Ulrike Garscha and her colleagues from Jena together with scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm ...

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