The lungs are particularly affected by Covid-19. (Image: wildpixel / iStock)
The Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus causes severe pneumonia that can lead to death. A...
Chimpanzee in Gombe National Park. (Image: Thomas Gillespie)
Great apes are susceptible to many infectious diseases in humans, but important weapons against bacterial pathogens...
The genome of all vertebrates is to be deciphered (Image: ELIKA, Peterschreibermedia / iStock)
The Vertebrate Genome Project has set itself the goal of sequencing...
Five mouthwashes failed in the test by consumer magazine Öko-Test. What about the basic benefits of mouthwashes? And which products are recommended?...
Pregnancy in humans is associated with special challenges: the pelvic floor must provide a support function, but still allow childbirth. (Image: damircudic /...
Certain scents trigger our memory, arouse emotions. The reason for this is the limbic system. (Image: pixabay.com, PublicDomainPictures)
Smells often awaken certain memories...
About one million DNA samples were analyzed by biochips for the study on the basics of hemorrhoidal disease. (Photo: Oliver Franke, Uni Kiel)
Unpleasant...