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19AUG 2024
FAU news
FAU discovers possible new approach for treating colorectal cancer
The protein ZEB1 and the role its plays in connective tissue in colorectal cancer It is not only tumor cells but also certain cells in connective tissue, especially those known as fibroblasts, that have a decisive role to play when cancer progresses and metastasizes. A team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) led by PD […]
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12AUG 2024
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Collaboration with National Hospital Kandy for kidney research
For just over twenty years now, physicians have observed a significant rise in chronic kidney disease in countries on the Equator. It is a major worry that this may be a global phenomenon with an as yet unknown cause. Researchers from Berlin and Erlangen are supporting important kidney research in Sri Lanka. Researchers from Uniklinikum […]
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22JUL 2024
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Using “tattoos” to make damaged muscle tissue visible
Arterial occlusion in the legs mainly affects older people and can often require surgery to treat it. A research team led by PD Dr. Ulrich Rother, deputy head of the Department of Vascular Surgery (head: Prof. Dr. Werner Lang) at Uniklinikum Erlangen, is currently developing new and non-invasive diagnostic methods in order to improve treatment […]
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16JUL 2024
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A treatment for metastasis?
A treatment for metastatic cancer – researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the University of Innsbruck, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Universität Würzburg have now come a major step closer to this ambitious goal. Their approach for attacking the migrating cancer cells is to use ferroptosis – a cell death mechanism only discovered in […]A treatment for metastatic cancer – researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the University of Innsbruck, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Universität Würzburg have now come a major step closer to this ambitious goal. Their approach for attacking the migrating cancer cells is to use ferroptosis – a cell death mechanism only discovered in […]
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15JUL 2024
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When quantum physics takes the bar by storm
The terms “Wenz”, “Solo” and “Sie” are as much part of a Bavarian pub as the beer tap and the regulars’ table. It’s where you’ll often see groups of (usually) four players huddled over their playing cards trying to be the first to get 60 points at the traditional card game known as “Schafkopf”. FAU […]
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08JUL 2024
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Radiotherapy vs. the immune system
As part of our innate immune system, the complement system plays a role in destroying tumor cells. Paradoxically however, an activated complement system can also also promote the growth and formation of metastases in certain types of tumors such as sarcomas. How radiotherapy influences the complement system is now the subject of research being carried […]
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08JUL 2024
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World’s first CAR-T cell therapy for a child with lupus
“One year after the treatment, I feel as good as I did before my diagnosis, except for a few colds,” says Uresa A. today. In June 2023, Uresa (who was 15 years old at the time) received CAR-T cells at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen. The treatment was the last resort to slow down systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), […]
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27JUN 2024
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FAU researchers develop an alternative to pacemakers
A heart attack is a life-threatening condition, with patients remaining at risk of premature death long after the actual attack: 50 to 60 percent of patients die subsequently as a result of sudden cardiac death, triggered by cardiac arrhythmia. The most effective treatment currently available – a pacemaker – stops cardiac arrhythmias. However, it cannot […]
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27JUN 2024
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Giving children in elementary school the opportunity to voice their opinions
Children should learn to think and act democratically from an early age. The best way is for them to experience it at first hand at school. The Institute for Primary Education Research at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has now discovered in a two-part study that children would like to be involved more in decisions. FAU study: […]
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25JUN 2024
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Transnational history: Cross-border and interdisciplinary research
How can we write transnational history in a world in which science and technology are becoming increasingly relevant? The Transnational History Lab has looked at this question in more detail, and the researchers have prepared a documentary on their work. Transnational history The Covid-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine and the disruptions caused to supply chains […]
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04JUN 2024
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Counting penguins in the Antarctic
Emperor penguins are an endangered species. Scientists are protecting the largest of all penguins by monitoring their numbers precisely and investigating which factors affect their population. A team led by researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has now developed a reliable method that can predict the number of breeding pairs and chicks and serve as an […]
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03JUN 2024
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Mathematical models for new insights into the immune response
FAU researchers combine experimental data with machine learning methods When fighting infections or tumors, entire armies of immune cells must coordinate their behavior. A team from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) will investigate which immune processes play a role in this over the next three years. The researchers are focusing on T cells. These cells swarm out […]
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