Health & Medicine

New colorectal cancer risk test procedure

A preventive colonoscopy can reveal the development of cancer in good time. (Image: peterschreiber.media/iStock) Early detection is crucial in colorectal cancer - for whom...

Sugar coating as an Achilles heel

Spike protein (green) with sugar coating (yellow) and docked lectins (red). Below the ACE2 receptor on a cell (Image: IMP / IMBA Graphics...

Wound glue inspired by barnacles

They can even stick to slippery surfaces: barnacles. (Image: Gerald Corsi / IStock) Biological adhesive force as a model: Researchers have developed a tissue...

Test detects virus variants in saliva

This is what the test device looks like. (Image: Devora Najjar) PCR tests are considered the gold standard for the detection of Sars-CoV-2, but...

Genetic influences on menopause identified

Ovary of a woman. (Image: PALMIHELP / iStock) The age at which women enter menopause is not only decisive for individual child planning, but...

How insulin affects the internal clock

Human fat cells with lipid droplets (white). (Image: DIfE) Our internal clock determines when we get tired, when we get hungry and when which...

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