Health & Medicine

Sars-CoV-2: Movable like a balloon on a string

Model of four spike proteins from Sars-CoV-2. Sugar deposits are marked in green. (Image: MPI for Biophysics) The prickly proteins protruding from its...

Tracking down the roots of syphilis

Analysis of old DNA samples in the laboratory. (Image: UZH) According to popular belief, the sailors around Christopher Columbus brought syphilis to Europe. ...

With multifocal contact lenses against myopia

http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.10834 Nearsightedness occurs when a child's eyeball grows too much - and the level of sharpest vision is therefore in front of the retina. ...

Sperm: This is how they really swim

Tiny messengers on behalf of life: constant movements of the tail drive sperm forward in their search for the egg - it was previously...

Zoonoses: Danger animal specified

Viruses that are potentially dangerous for us humans occur more frequently in animals in our environment. (Image: Thomas Faull / iStock) Whether Covid-19, influenza...

How the gut flora affects Alzheimer’s

The bacteria in our intestine also have to do with neurological processes in the body. (Image: ChrisChrisW / iStock) A study once again clarifies...

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