Thanks to the radiation they emit, radioactive compounds are suited both to imaging and treating cancers. By appropriately combining them in novel, so-called radionuclide theranostics, both applications can be dovetailed. ...
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in the chronic autoimmune disease type 1 diabetes was observed in children. Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and TU Dresden, in cooperation with the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Bayern ...
May 22, 2023
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A specific molecule excreted by methane-oxidizing bacteria could be most suitable for therapy against Wilson's disease (WD). This is what researchers led by Helmholtz Munich scientist Hans Zischka have found in a new study. ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Unlike other forms of blood cancer, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cannot currently be treated with CAR-T cell immunotherapy. The reason is that specific molecular targets with which certain immune cells could specifically ...
Mar 13, 2023
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Sex differences exist in the regulation of energy homeostasis. Current studies indicate for instance that female mammals, including humans, are better protected against metabolic diseases during reproductive age. This is ...
Mar 7, 2023
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Only one in 100,000 people suffer from a pheochromocytoma, a tumor of the adrenal gland. If the tumor has already metastasized, a radioactive compound can be used to detect malignant cells that have spread to other parts ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Before new drugs can be tested in animal experiments and later in clinical trials, they must undergo a large number of laboratory tests. This involves the use of so-called cell lines, i.e., human or animal cells of a specific ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections remain a major global health problem—according to the World Health Organization there are around 300 million HBV carriers worldwide. Current treatments rarely succeed in curing the infection.
Jan 10, 2023
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Radioactivity can save lives. When neither chemotherapy nor surgery nor radiation from the outside help against a tumor, modern medicine uses so-called radiopharmaceuticals. These radioactive drugs not only detect cancer ...
Jan 9, 2023
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A team of medical researchers at Charité-Universitätsmedizin has analyzed damage by focused high energetic X-rays in bone samples from fish and mammals at BESSY II. With a combination of microscopy techniques, the scientists ...
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