AI does not necessarily lead to more efficiency in clinical practice

Researchers analyse the effects

16-Oct-2024 - The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in hospitals and patient care is steadily increasing. Especially in specialist areas with a high proportion of imaging, such as radiology, AI has long been part of everyday clinical practice. However, the question of the extent to which AI actually ...

A further step towards decoding smell

Researchers elucidate the role of individual brain neurons in human odor perception

14-Oct-2024 - We often only realize how important our sense of smell is when it is no longer there: food hardly tastes good, or we no longer react to dangers such as the smell of smoke. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn and the University of Aachen have investigated the ...

Central mechanism of inflammation decoded

Researchers use nanobodies to elucidate pore formation by gasdermin D in cell membranes

01-Oct-2024 - The formation of pores by a particular protein, gasdermin D, plays a key role in inflammatory reactions. During its activation, an inhibitory part is split off. More than 30 of the remaining protein fragments then combine to form large pores in the cell membrane, which allow the release of ...

How the brain processes the number zero

27-Sep-2024 - Despite its importance for mathematics, the neuronal basis of the number zero in the human brain was previously unknown. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn and the University of Tübingen have now discovered that individual nerve cells in the medial ...

Rare genetic diseases can sometimes be recognized by the face

Large multicenter study identifies 34 new genetic diseases

23-Jul-2024 - The majority of rare diseases have a genetic cause. The underlying genetic alteration can be found more and more easily, for example by means of exome sequencing (ES), leading to a molecular genetic diagnosis. ES is an examination of all sections of our genetic material (DNA) that code for ...

How star-shaped cells increase flexible learning

Researchers solve the hidden mystery of the role of astrocytes in learning processes and memory in the brain

19-Jul-2024 - Star-shaped glial cells, so-called astrocytes, are more than just a supporting cell of the brain. They are actively involved in learning processes and interact with the nerve cells. But what exactly is it that astrocytes do? Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of ...

New pathway in immune defense discovered

Interaction of monocytes and platelets decoded

09-Jul-2024 - Monocytes, a special type of white blood cell, secrete cytokines as inflammatory messengers that are crucial for an appropriate immune response. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn have now discovered that platelets, also known as thrombocytes, communicate ...

New mode of action in the "bacterial war" decoded: Possible alternative to antibiotics produced by bacteria

Antibacterial substance from staphylococci discovered with new mechanism of action against natural competitors

02-May-2024 - Possible alternative to antibiotics produced by bacteria – Many bacteria produce substances to gain an advantage over competitors in their highly competitive natural environment. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn and the German Center for Infection Research ...

Breakthrough in research on brown fat

Hope for strategies that support weight loss: Researchers from Denmark and Germany have found brown fat’s “off-switch"

30-Apr-2024 - Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark, the Novo Nordisk Center for Adipocyte Signaling (SDU), the University of Bonn and the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) have found a protein that is responsible for turning off brown fat activity. This new discovery could lead to a promising ...

ChatGPT extracts data for ischaemic stroke almost perfectly

Researchers find hardly any differences between expert and AI in data transfer from thrombectomy

23-Apr-2024 - In an ischaemic stroke, an artery in the brain is blocked by blood clots and the brain cells can no longer be supplied with blood as a result. Doctors must therefore act quickly and unblock the artery with the help of catheters. During the so-called mechanical thrombectomy, a lot of data has to ...