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Ceremonial opening of the new teaching building at Augsburg’s new medical campus
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DFG funds Centre for Electron Microscopy at the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg

Future of cancer detection
Liquid biopsy is a very precise method by which to diagnose cancer, which is much less invasive than conventional tissue sampling. The course of cancer treatment and its success can be comprehensively monitored using this method and tumours treated more accurately. A long-term clinical study at the Faculty of 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏icine at the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg is now focusing on the question of how liquid biopsy can be used in everyday clinical practice. Initial results have been published in the Journal of Laboratory 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏icine.

Heat action plan for Augsburg’s 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 Hospital
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Early detection of rare Borna virus
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Pandemic Preparedness: New High-Tech Laboratory in Augsburg
On March 11, 2024, the inauguration of the expanded safety laboratory in Augsburg marked a milestone within the EU-funded "PerForM-REACT" project, aimed at enhancing pandemic preparedness. Equipped with high-tech infrastructure, this facility enables advanced research capabilities. A collaborative effort between Helmholtz Munich and the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 Hospital Augsburg, the project not only boosters the efficacy of pandemic prevention but also fosters interdisciplinary cooperation in health research.

New Chair of Neurosurgery

What causes relapses after stem cell transplantation in blood cancer?
Scientists from Augsburg's Faculty of 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏icine have had a new article published in the internationally renowned journal Molecular Cancer. The authors, Dr Tatjana Sauerer, Giuliano Filippini Velázquez, and Prof. Dr Christoph Schmid, describe the mechanisms by which leukaemia cells evade immune system control, causing relapses even after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. They also present new individualised therapy options.

ADHD a risk factor for other mental illnesses
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neural developmental disorder that occurs among children and young people, which in two thirds of cases carries over into adulthood. It is estimated to affect around 5 percent of children and young people and about 2.5 percent of adults worldwide. A recently published study by the Chair of Epidemiology at the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg in the renowned journal BMJ Mental Health shows that ADHD often occurs in association with severe depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, the eating disorder Anorexia nervosa, as well as attempted suicide.

New Site of the German Centre for Mental Health to be located in Augsburg
Together with Munich, Augsburg is home to a new site of the German Centre for Mental Health. The aim of the new centre is interdisciplinary research into the development and progress of mental illnesses across the lifespan. The Augsburg site of the new centre will focus on researching treatments for depression. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the new centre (DZPG) consists of five research sites in addition to Munich/Augsburg.

Messages from adipose tissue
Scientists at the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg and Helmholtz Munich have made an important breakthrough in better understanding early processes in the development of type 2 diabetes by identifying a previously unknown transmission of messenger substances from adipose tissue to the pancreas.

Cancer Research: Augsburg joins new National Tumor Centre in Bavaria
伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 medicine at Augsburg belongs to a network of four university hospitals, including Würzburg, Erlangen, and Regensburg (WERA), which have joined forces for the first time to form a new Bavarian site for the National Centre for Tumor Diseases (NCT) as part of the German Cancer Research Centre (DZKF).
