Universitaet Mainz

Scientists confirm Justinianic Plague caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis

(Medical Xpress)—From the several pandemics generally called 'pestilences' three are historically recognized as due to plague, but only for the third pandemic of the 19th-21st centuries AD there were microbiological ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biologists achieve repair and read-through of stop mutations responsible for Usher syndrome

After years of basic research, scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) are increasingly able to understand the mechanisms underlying the human Usher syndrome and are coming ever closer to ...

Genetics created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The nocebo effect: Media reports may trigger symptoms of a disease

Media reports about substances that are supposedly hazardous to health may cause suggestible people to develop symptoms of a disease even though there is no objective reason for doing so. This is the conclusion of a study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New MRI technology to provide even better images of the inside of the human body

Over the past 30 years, magnetic resonance imaging has evolved into one of the most important imaging procedures in medical diagnostics. With a new approach based on the use of polarized gases and dissolved substances, it ...

Medical research created Dec 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists identify inhibitor of myelin formation in the central nervous system

Scientists at the Mainz University Medical Center have discovered another molecule that plays an important role in regulating myelin formation in the central nervous system. Myelin promotes the conduction of nerve cell impulses ...

Medical research created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists gain new insights into Taspase1 function

Scientists at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany identified a novel strategy to target the oncologically relevant protein-cleaving enzyme Taspase1. Taspase1 levels are not only ...

Cancer created Jul 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Development of measures to prevent wine indispositions

Biogenic amines may be one of the factors responsible for symptoms such as headaches, gastro-intestinal disorders, shortness of breath, fall in blood pressure, and even unconsciousness and cardiac arrhythmia ...

Health created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When do German children gain weight?

Scientists working with Professor Dr. Dr. Perikles Simon, head of the Sports Medicine division of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany, suggest in the light of recent analyses that German children gain weight ...

Overweight and Obesity created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0