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Health - Pharmacology - 11.02.2025
New mechanism for defence against coronaviruses discovered
Monocytes, the sentinel cells of the innate immune system, form the first line of defence against viral infections. A team of researchers from MedUni Vienna has now discovered a previously unknown mechanism that enables these cells to fight SARS-COV-2. The study results, recently published in the journal "Frontiers in Immunology", open up new possibilities for the treatment of particularly severe cases of COVID-19.

Health - 10.02.2025
New Approach toward the Development of AI Systems in Medical Imaging
New Approach toward the Development of AI Systems in Medical Imaging
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) enables the creation of large, anonymized image datasets for the development of diagnostic systems. As part of an international collaboration, researchers at MedUni Vienna have developed a generative AI that can generate and process synthetic medical imaging data.

Health - Life Sciences - 06.02.2025
New method developed for diagnosing and monitoring brain tumors
An interdisciplinary research team led by the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and the Comprehensive Cancer Center of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital has investigated the potential of liquid biopsies from blood and cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis and monitoring of brain tumors in children and adolescents.

Health - Pharmacology - 31.01.2025
Finger sweat as the key to precision medicine in breast cancer
A research team from the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna is breaking new ground in precision medicine: it has developed an innovative method for analyzing metabolic profiles from finger sweat. The results of a pilot study just published in the renowned EPMA Journal show that this non-invasive method can be used in breast cancer patients to obtain information about the course of the disease, the effects of therapy and individual lifestyle habits.

Health - Pharmacology - 27.01.2025
Skin cancer: New treatment option successfully tested
Basal cell carcinomas, the most common form of skin cancer, occur in chronically sun-exposed areas such as the face. Locally advanced tumours in particular can be difficult to treat surgically. A research team from MedUni Vienna and University Hospital Vienna has now investigated the effectiveness of a new type of therapy and achieved promising results: The active substance TVEC led to a reduction in the size of the basal cell carcinoma in all study participants, which not only improved surgical removal, but also led to a complete regression of the tumour in some of the patients.

Health - Life Sciences - 27.01.2025
Nerve Stimulation: the Brain is Not Always Listening
Nerve Stimulation: the Brain is Not Always Listening
Nerve stimulation can help with various diseases. However, this only works well if the body's own rhythms are taken into account, says a study by TU Wien (Vienna). It doesn't always have to be medication. Some health problems, from chronic pain and inflammation to neurological diseases, can also be treated by nerve stimulation, for example with the help of electrodes that are attached to the ear and activate the vagus nerve.

Health - Life Sciences - 24.01.2025
Progress and challenges in brain implants
In a paper recently published in the leading journal "The Lancet Digital Health", a scientific team led by Stanisa Raspopovic from MedUni Vienna looks at the progress and challenges in the research and development of brain implants. New achievements in the field of this technology are seen as a source of hope for many patients with neurological disorders and have been making headlines recently.

Health - Pharmacology - 23.01.2025
New combination immunotherapy for melanoma and breast cancer
A research team at the Medical University of Vienna led by Maria Sibilia has investigated a new combination therapy against cancer. This therapy employs systemic administration of the tissue hormone interferon-I combined with local application of Imiquimod. This combination showed promising results in topically accessible tumors like melanoma and breast cancer models: The therapy led to the death of tumor cells at the treated sites and simultaneously activated the adaptive immune system to fight even distant metastases.

Innovation - Health - 23.01.2025
MicroRNA test: innovation to improve safety in liver surgery
Researchers at MedUni Vienna have joined forces with the Viennese start-up TAmiRNA to develop a test that aims to improve the safety of liver surgery. The invention by Alice Assinger and Patrick Starlinger is based on the precise analysis of circulating microRNAs and is now ready for the market. Postoperative liver failure remains the most common cause of death after liver resection.

Health - Pharmacology - 22.01.2025
High-tech microscopy enables tailored rheumatology therapies
Researchers at CeMM and the Medical University of Vienna have developed an innovative microscopy-based approach that could predict the best approved drug to treat individual rheumatoid arthritis patients using samples of their blood. Published in the Lancet group journal EBioMedicine the study demonstrates the feasibility of precision medicine to significantly enhance treatments for rheumatoid arthritis and likely other autoimmune diseases.

Health - Life Sciences - 15.01.2025
Genetic Predisposition to Birch Pollen Allergy Decoded
Genetic Predisposition to Birch Pollen Allergy Decoded
An innovative study by the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) and the Medical University of Vienna (MedUni Vienna) provides new insights into the genetic mechanisms of birch pollen allergy. The research team observed significantly more active genes for immunological signalling pathways in the nasal mucosa of allergy sufferers after exposure to birch pollen than in unaffected individuals.

Health - 15.01.2025
Development of the use of healthcare facilities analysed
A study by the Medical University of Vienna investigated the development of utilisation of various levels of the Austrian healthcare system between 2006 and 2019. By analysing three population surveys conducted by Statistics Austria, it was found that all'healthcare facilities have a rising number of patient visits.

Health - Pharmacology - 14.01.2025
Saliva activates coagulation in persons with haemophilia A
A recent study led by MedUni Vienna provides new insights into the mechanisms of coagulation in persons with haemophilia A, the most common form of haemophilia. The research team was able to show that saliva contains special vesicles that trigger rapid coagulation of the blood of haemophilic patients.

Health - Pharmacology - 09.01.2025
Milestone in the field of lung transplantation: improvement in rejection and infection rate thanks to extracorporeal photopheresis
Researchers from the Vienna Lung Transplant Program of MedUni Vienna and University Hospital Vienna have published the first prospective, randomized and controlled study on the use of extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) in lung transplantation in the renowned European Respiratory Journal. The findings could significantly change the standard procedure for rejection reactions after lung transplants.

Health - Pharmacology - 07.01.2025
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Mood alterations identified as a possible early symptom
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a very rare neurodegenerative disease that is fatal within a few months and still poses many questions to scientists. To date, no specific symptoms are known that precede the onset of the disease. A suspected diagnosis can usually be made on the basis of a particular combination of symptoms and examination findings, but can only be confirmed after the death of the affected person.