A protein—measuring just a few nanometers in size—acts as a molecular switch with a crucial role in determining whether we feel hungry or full. By determining of the protein's 3-D structure, researchers from Charité ...
Sep 27, 2021
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Until now, patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction—the most common type of heart failure in the elderly—have had no access to evidenced-based treatments. For the first time, a large clinical trial ...
Aug 27, 2021
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SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks involving care homes with fully vaccinated residents have been reported across Germany. In order to gain a better understanding of this phenomenon, a team of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin ...
Jun 14, 2021
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Influenza vaccines need to be evaluated every year to ensure they remain effective against new influenza viruses. Will the same apply to COVID-19 vaccines? In order to gauge whether and to what extent this may be necessary, ...
Mar 25, 2021
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STEMOs (Stroke-Einsatz-Mobile) have been serving Berlin for ten years. The specialized stroke emergency response vehicles allow physicians to start treating stroke patients before they reach hospital. For the first time, ...
Feb 11, 2021
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In patients with bladder cancer, chemotherapy effectiveness is partially determined by the body's immune system response to the malignancy. This is the conclusion of research conducted by a team of scientists from Charité ...
Jan 14, 2021
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Under certain conditions, antigen testing using self-collected swabs from the anterior nose may constitute a reliable alternative to antigen testing using nasopharyngeal swabs collected by health professionals. This is the ...
Dec 21, 2020
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Like all viruses, the novel coronavirus is dependent on help from the human host cell. Proteins are the functional units of the cell and enable the virus to enter the host cell or help the virus to replicate. Scientists from ...
Dec 16, 2020
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Universitätsmedizin Berlin have confirmed Germany's first-ever case of animal-to-human transmission involving a specific species of virus known as the 'Seoul virus.' Working alongside colleagues from Friedrich-Loeffer-Institut ...
Nov 12, 2020
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Heart attacks strike suddenly and have a range of different triggers. Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) were able to uncover a further underlying ...
Nov 10, 2020
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