Health & Medicine

Why is it so hard to leave a Coke?

Despite urgent advice to minimize soft drinks, global consumption has been rising for more than 50 years. Scientists figured out why. On a...

Pfizer could have omikron vaccine ready by March

And until then, boosting is the magic word. Everyone held their breath for a moment when it turned out that a new, rather worrisome corona...

Why the dormant brain also eats energy

Nerves are connected to one another via synapses in which neurotransmitters are stored in vesicles. (Image: alex-mit / iStock) In contrast to muscles and...

Can Viagra Reduce The Risk Of Alzheimer’s Disease?

The 'little blue pill' may be a promising but unexpected weapon in the fight against progressive brain disease. Viagra – containing the active ingredient Sildenafil...

New marker for the severity of Covid-19

The vesicles on the cell surface of these lymphocytes from Covid patients and their contents reveal the severity of the infection. (M. Schifferer...

Good news: the corona boosters work, British research shows

A wide range of corona vaccines also appear to be suitable as boosters. In the meantime, we know that the protection of the corona vaccine...

How Sars-CoV-2 damages the lungs

This immunofluorescence image of a Covid lung shows the accumulation of phagocytes (red) and connective tissue cells (green). (Image: University Hospital RWTH Aachen...

How Uncontrolled HIV Infection Could Make This Pandemic Much Worse

Researchers argue that it could lead to the emergence of new corona variants that are 'even more contagious than the delta variant'. We are currently...

Human ancestors with small canines

Comparison of the canines of a male and female chimpanzee (above) and the teeth of a male and female Ardipithecus. (Image: Gen Suwa) In...

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