Medicine and Life Sciences - Health

An international team of researchers with significant involvement from the Department of Neurosurgery at Vienna General Hospital and MedUni Vienna has made significant progress in the visualisation of difficult-to-detect brain tumours during surgery. The recently published study is the first to investigate the combined use of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) and digital stimulated Raman histology (SRH), a new type of microscopic fluorescence analysis tool. It has been shown for the first time that 5-ALA fluorescence can be used to identify not only tumour cells but also certain immune cells, which are an important part of the tumour microenvironment, in glioblastoma, the most common malignant primary brain tumour in adults.

Rescue coordination center staff are often faced with the challenge of callers being unable to describe an emergency situation precisely - but technological progress is opening up new avenues: thanks to smartphones and mod

A groundbreaking success in the fight against hepatitis C: As part of the cross-institutional ELIMINATE project, hospital data was systematically analyzed in ten hospitals in Vienna (including 6 WIGEV clinics) and Lower Austria in order to identify and treat those affected. As a result, almost 400 patients were cured of their chronic hepatitis C disease using modern therapies. The results of the project have now been published in the top journal "Liver International".

How a bunch of seemingly disorganized cells go on to form a robust embryo. Embryo development starts when a single egg cell is fertilized and starts dividing continuously.

Michael Mildner from MedUni Vienna's Department of Dermatology has been awarded a grant from the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research under the "Sparkling Science" funding scheme for the promotion of young scientists. The "Flower Power" project involves students in studies investigating the role of Schwann cells in scar formation. The researchers are focusing on the collection of plants and the creation of plant extracts by the children and young people.

Despite the same pelvis-to-head ratio, Japanese macaques do not suffer the same birth complications as humans.