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A large part of seriously ill corona patients still have complaints after 1 year

A large-scale study in China shows this. We know that if you've had COVID-19, it can take quite a while for you to fully recover....

Delta variant doubles the chance of hospitalization

It means that the delta variant is considerably more dangerous for unvaccinated people than the alpha (British) variant. Meanwhile, the original coronavirus has mutated several...

Stories ensure a synchronized heartbeat

When listening to a story, the heartbeat of the listener synchronizes. (Image: comotion_design / iStock) When we listen to a story, our heart beats...

Web spider tactics against bacteria

A macrophage kills bacteria. (3D illustration: urfinguss / iStock) The victims are tied with sticky threads, then the fatal attack follows: In order to...

Molecular weak point of colon cancer cells discovered

Tissue section of an intestinal tumor, lipids are stained red, cell nuclei in blue. (Image: Klaus-Peter Janssen) In order to find targets for treatment...

How lung cancer develops in non-smokers

What are the mutations behind non-smoking lung cancer? (Image: National Cancer Institute) Smoking is the number one cause of lung cancer, and most research...

E-cigarettes also affect blood vessels

E cigarette. (Image: ljubaphoto / iStock) E-cigarettes are often advertised as a smoking cessation tool. The health effects they have, however, are so...

Nasal cartilage could help relieve osteoarthritis in the knee

A doctor removes nasal cartilage tissue from a patient to grow repair material for the knee. (Image: University of Basel, Christian Flierl) Osteoarthritis is...

Pediatric cardiac surgery: complication in sight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eM-2AyTI2s If children's hearts have to be shut down briefly to correct mistakes, consequential damage often occurs. Researchers are now on the trail of...

Previous colds improve immune response to Sars-CoV-2

Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 (Image: Maksim Tkachenko / iStock) Although the Covid-19 pathogen Sars-CoV-2 is a new pathogen, many people already have memory immune cells against the...

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