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10APR 2024
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Study in Nature unlocks how cortisone inhibits inflammation
How the body switches out of “fight” mode Cortisone and other related glucocorticoids are extremely effective at curbing excessive immune reactions. But previously, astonishingly little was known about how they exactly do that. A team of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Uniklinikum Erlangen and Ulm University have now explored the molecular mechanism of action […]
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05APR 2024
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RNA that doesn’t age
Neuroscientists at FAU discover building blocks in nerve cells that last a life time Certain RNA molecules in the nerve cells in the brain last a life time without being renewed. Neuroscientists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now demonstrated that this is the case together with researchers from Germany, Austria and the USA. RNAs are […]
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23MAR 2024
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Surveying icy landscapes
Icefields in South America are larger than all glaciers in the European Alps together Although the two huge icefields in the Andes in South America cover approximately 16,000 square kilometers, an area roughly equivalent to the state of Thuringia in Germany, not much is known about the Patagonian icefields. A team led by Johannes Fürst […]
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13MAR 2024
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Researchers “film” the activation of an important receptor
Study involving FAU may lead to the development of improved medicines An international team of researchers has succeeded in “filming” the activation of an important receptor. They froze the involved molecules at different points in time and photographed them under the electron microscope. They were then able to place these still images in sequence. This […]
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05MAR 2024
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Researchers investigate a man who received 217 Covid vaccinations
Researchers at FAU find no negative effects on immune system Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen have examined a man who has received more than 200 vaccinations against Covid-19. They learned of his case via newspaper reports. Until now, it has been unclear what effects hypervaccination such as this would have on the […]
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27FEB 2024
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Greedy macrophages promote the progression of cancer
FAU researcher receives an award for his contribution to treating bone marrow cancer Macrophages that “gorge themselves” on a certain protein may promote the progression of cancer rather than fight it. PD Dr. Heiko Bruns, immunologist at FAU, discovered this mechanism in connection with bone marrow cancer. In recognition of his research, which may lead […]
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23FEB 2024
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Fighting hunger with cassava
Over 25 million euros from Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations (Gates Ag One) is providing approximately 25.8 million euros (28 million US dollars) in funding for an international research project led by FAU: The non-profit organization will support the cassava source-sink (CASS) project in the next five years […]
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23FEB 2024
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Sociolinguist receives Heisenberg funding worth over half a million euros
Time traveling with historical letters Thomas Mann was not particularly keen on using the new spelling rules of his time – who would have thought that of one of the major authors of the 20th century? This is just one of the findings of the new research project of Dr. Markus Schiegg, Privatdozent at the […]
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23FEB 2024
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Largest catalog of high-energy cosmic sources published
Stellar corpses, jets of matter and white dwarfs Remnants of supernovae, black holes, neutron stars and the hot interstellar gas of the Milky Way and other galaxies – the sky is full of X-ray emitting sources. Researchers at the Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory, the Astronomical Institute of the Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) at […]
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22FEB 2024
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Revolutionary cell therapy: Restarting immune system switches off autoimmune diseases
One single infusion with CAR-T cells replaces immune-suppressive medicines In March 2021, doctors from FAU treated a young woman with a severe autoimmune disease with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells, the first time a treatment of this kind has been attempted anywhere in the world. Today, nearly 3 years later, they were able to publish […]
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21FEB 2024
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Africa’s ice is disappearing
Tropical ice fields demonstrate speed of climate change The few glaciers in Africa have long since become an important indicator of how rapidly and severely climate change is changing our planet. The ice on the high summits of the continent is rapidly disappearing, Africa may lose its white peaks by the middle of our century. […]
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19FEB 2024
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FAU to become Bavarian AI Computing Center
Free State investing in new infrastructure for deep learning projects FAU is massively expanding its computing capacities for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The Erlangen National High-Performance Computing Center is investing millions in AI cluster with cutting-edge processors. The Free State of Bavaria is providing the necessary funds within the context of the High-tech Agenda. As […]Free State investing in new infrastructure for deep learning projects FAU is massively expanding its computing capacities for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The Erlangen National High-Performance Computing Center is investing millions in AI cluster with cutting-edge processors. The Free State of Bavaria is providing the necessary funds within the context of the High-tech Agenda. As […]
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