Health & Medicine

First cell atlas of the Covid-19 lung

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...

Resistance also in wild chimpanzees

Chimpanzee in Gombe National Park. (Image: Thomas Gillespie) Great apes are susceptible to many infectious diseases in humans, but important weapons against bacterial pathogens...

Mapping the vertebrate genomes

The genome of all vertebrates is to be deciphered (Image: ELIKA, Peterschreibermedia / iStock) The Vertebrate Genome Project has set itself the goal of sequencing...

Why Human Births Are Difficult

Pregnancy in humans is associated with special challenges: the pelvic floor must provide a support function, but still allow childbirth. (Image: damircudic /...

The sense of smell and memories – that’s what happens in our head

Certain scents trigger our memory, arouse emotions. The reason for this is the limbic system. (Image: pixabay.com, PublicDomainPictures) Smells often awaken certain memories...

On the trail of hemorrhoids

About one million DNA samples were analyzed by biochips for the study on the basics of hemorrhoidal disease. (Photo: Oliver Franke, Uni Kiel) Unpleasant...

Animals bred with built-in gene scissors

Taking blood from a chicken embryo for gene control. (Image: Andreas Heddergott / TUM) Genetically modified animals play a major role in biomedical...

Ever thicker from generation to generation

The trend towards more obesity continues. (Image: BrianAJackson / iStock) How does the body mass index (BMI) develop over the course of life? ...

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