Health & Medicine

Rejuvenation for the brain?

Microglia (green) and the perineural mesh (pink). (Image: IST Austria In early childhood, new connections form very easily in the brain. With increasing...

Bad room air 9000 years ago

The researchers recorded the emissions from the fireplaces using measuring devices (AQM) in a replica of a house by Çatalhöyük. (Image detail: Shillito...

Lifespan: 130 years are possible

The limit of life expectancy is shifting further back. (Image: ivanastar / iStock) Advances in medicine and technology enable us humans to live to...

Active ingredient from chestnut leaves against MRSA

Leaves and flowers of the sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa). (Image: Quave Lab) The leaves of the European sweet chestnut are considered a traditional remedy...

Corona monitoring in wastewater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbczxvT8Cx4 German researchers are exploring the possibility of determining the degree of infection of the population with Sars-CoV-2 through genetic traces of the viruses in...

Plague infection 5000 years ago

This jaw belonged to a man who probably succumbed to an infection with Yersinia pestis around 5,000 years ago. (Photo: Dominik Göldner, BGAEU,...

Astronauts cut with gene scissors

NASA astronaut Christina Kock performing the experimental procedure on board the International Space Station. (Image: Sebastian Kraves) The famous CRISPR / Cas9 technology has...

Self-dissolving pacemaker

Illustration of the transient pacemaker on the heart. (Image: Northwestern University / George Washington University) No further intervention necessary: ​​If the heart only needs...

New genes at risk for breast cancer identified

Breast cancer (Image: Lars Neumann / iStock) If many women in a family develop breast or ovarian cancer, genetic tests can clarify whether the risk...

More heart attacks from World Cup

Cheering football fans. (Image: efenzi / iStock) Major sporting events such as a soccer World Cup sweep millions of people away - and the...

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