Pathogen identification — next-generation sequencing optimizes diagnostics

Novel method takes inspiration from law enforcement

17-Jun-2024 - Invasive infections such as sepsis require immediate and targeted treatment. Experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB and group partners have succeeded in establishing a reconceptualized detection principle that can make a crucial contribution to ...

16th BioVaria honours SurvivX and QUASAR Therapeutics with Startup Pitch & Partner Awards

Among the GO-Bio initial and ForTra projects, Innovade, Cognisa and Mallia Therapeutics were selected as winners

07-May-2024 - The international life-science community gathered last week in Munich for the 16th BioVaria, Europe’s leading showcasing event for breakthrough technologies and start-ups in the field. Organized by 13 technology transfer organizations, the event serves as a catalyst for forging partnerships ...

Keeping the immune system in check

Researchers have discovered a regulatory mechanism that prevents an excessive and harmful immune response

11-Mar-2024 - Researchers from the UoC’s Center for Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine and the UoC CECAD Cluster of Excellence in Aging Research have discovered that an excessive immune response can be prevented by the intramembrane protease RHBDL4. In a study now published in Nature Communications under ...

Sepsis in Children: Improved Diagnosis Thanks to New Global Criteria

Researchers applied machine-learning methods to extrapolate from the data analysis evidence-based criteria for diagnosing

29-Jan-2024 - Diagnosis of sepsis in children has been improved based on new research findings. An international research team co-led by the University Children’s Hospital Zurich harnessed artificial intelligence to analyze data from over 3.5 million children suffering from this life-threatening ...

Start-up Lifespin launches therapeutic drug monitoring of anti-infectives

An important step towards integrating precision medicine and antibiotic resistance control

07-Dec-2023 - Lifespin GmbH, an emerging company in the field of precision health information, introduces its Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) of anti-infectives. This Laboratory Development Test (LDT) represents a significant advance in the field of personalized medicine by enabling individualized approaches ...

New antibodies neutralize resistant bacteria

Broadly neutralizing antibodies are already being used to fight viruses: This approach could also help to treat infections with multi-resistant bacteria in the future

07-Nov-2023 - A research team has discovered antibodies that could lead to a new approach to treating acute and chronic infections with the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Due to its numerous resistance mechanisms, P. aeruginosa is associated with high morbidity and mortality and can cause complicated ...

How harmless turns dangerous

Causes for bloodstream infections found in the genes of bacteria: This will enable better diagnostics and vaccinations in the future

23-Aug-2023 - Escherichia coli bacteria live in the intestines of humans and play an important role there for normal intestinal function as well as for a functioning immune system. These intestinal inhabitants do not form a uniform population, but consist of a large number of strains that differ greatly in ...

Key to a cheaper and more accessible Hib vaccine found

Possible approach for new vaccines and drugs against bacteria

12-Jun-2023 - The bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) can cause severe diseases such as meningitis and blood poisoning in young children. Researchers from the MHH Institute of Clinical Biochemistry have deciphered the pathway of the bacterial capsule and thus created the basis for producing the Hib ...

Better than Humans: Artificial Intelligence in Intensive Care Units

An AI can suggest appropriate treatment steps in cases of blood poisoning: The computer has already surpassed humans in this respect

15-May-2023 - In the future, artificial intelligence will play an important role in medicine. In diagnostics, successful tests have already been performed: for example, the computer can learn to categorise images with great accuracy according to whether they show pathological changes or not. However, it is ...

Molzym Announces Double-Digit Million EUR Capital Increase

07-Jul-2022 - Molzym is proud to announce a double-digit million EUR investment by a large single family office. The capital will be deployed for the international business expansion, in particular for market entry and expansion in the US and China as well as further expanding its presence in Europe. ...