Tag: Medical research
Lilly drug clearly works in early-stage Alzheimer’s patients
US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly The data underscores that earlier detection and diagnosis can really change the course of Alzheimer’s, said Anne White, Lilly’s board member, responsible for neuroscience. (Photo:…
How artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the biotech industry
Insight Innovation The fight against cancer and other diseases will be changed by AI. Numerous optimists expect a revolution in medicine. Boston, NY The “Bio International Convention” is one of…
Why medicine often treats women wrong
Berlin When women suffer from shortness of breath, back pain and cold sweats, very few think of a heart attack. However, these symptoms are typical for them – and much…
mRNA vaccine significantly reduces risk of skin cancer recurrence
Frankfurt Vaccines based on mRNA brought the breakthrough in the fight against the corona pandemic. Now the technology is also intended to decisively advance cancer therapy. Promising data are now…
Healing cancer with immune cells – the miracle therapy becomes possible for everyone
Frankfurt Emily Whitehead has celebrated her birthday twice a year for the past ten years. Once for the anniversary of her birth and once because she is another year cancer…
Laboratory accident or not? The origin of Corona remains a mystery
Geneva, Washington It happened at the end of 2019. At that time, infections with the new corona virus first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan. At least two laboratories…
Cellbricks organs from the 3D printer are on the verge of a therapy revolution
The start-up Cellbricks is working on a 3D printer for human tissue. In the Handelsblatt Disrupt podcast, tech reporter Larissa Holzki talks to Joachim von Arnim, co-head of Cellbricks, about…
This is how the USA wants to defeat cancer
Bayer research on cell cultures The group invests in modern cell and gene therapies. (Photo: Bayer AG) Boston, NY Joe Biden accelerates the fight against cancer. On Thursday, the White…
How the Charité’s leading neurosurgeon became an emotional boss
The first edition of Handelsblatt Disrupt in the new year will be moderated by Handelsblatt Deputy Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Ludowig. She talks to Peter Vajkoczy, Director of the Clinic for Neurosurgery…
FDA grants preliminary approval for new Alzheimer’s drug
Frankfurt On Friday evening, the American drug agency FDA granted preliminary approval for the new Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab, thereby raising hopes for further progress in the fight against dementia. The…
Roche’s Alzheimer’s drug disappoints in clinical trials
Roche building The Swiss have suffered another setback in Alzheimer’s research. (Photo: RERUTERS) Zurich The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche has to cope with another research setback with a new Alzheimer’s…
What we now know about Long-Covid – and what we don’t know yet
Berlin Most infections with the corona virus take a so-called mild course in the currently predominant virus variant Omicron. The symptoms can be severe, but hospital treatment is not necessary.…
Medicine Nobel Prize winner Südhof on the question of how the brain works
Dusseldorf The German-American scientist Südhof has uncovered how brain cells communicate with each other. “All functions in the brain – from sight, smell and decision-making to feelings – operate through…
Hanse Merkur offers Zyagnum blood test
Frankfurt Being able to detect cancer as early as possible so that it can still be cured – this desire drives many scientists and companies. So does Ralf Schierl, co-founder…
Start-up Cellbricks: Organs from the 3D printer
winning team The winning team Joachim von Arnim and Alexander Leutner from Cellbricks with Fabian Billing (left), Ina Karabasz, Sebastian Matthes and Niko Mohr. Berlin Donor organs are rare. Many…
Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Svante Pääbo
prizewinner Svante Pääbo from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. (Photo: dpa) This year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to the Swede Svante Pääbo, who researches in…
Medicine Nobel laureate at The Spark on the brain
Thomas Südhof (left) in an interview with Handelsblatt Editor-in-Chief Sebastian Matthes “In science, if you assume you’re going to win a Nobel Prize, you’re in the wrong profession.” (Photo: Marc-Steffen…
Even mild Covid courses can trigger exhaustion syndrome
Exhausted woman Post-Covid patients can suffer from chronic morbid fatigue that makes many activities impossible. (Photo: obs) Berlin Experts had suspected it for a long time, now it has been…
New data from drug research expected in autumn
Alzheimer’s disease Protein deposits in the brain – so-called amyloid plaques – are one of the main characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease. Many of the drug candidates currently being researched aim…
Alzheimer’s researcher Sylvain Lesné under suspicion of forgery
Frankfurt When Sylvain Lesné published a widely acclaimed study on a possible central cause of Alzheimer’s disease in the journal “Nature” 16 years ago, he, the main author, was just…