There is news from the immune system: Dendritic cells migrate in a network along the outside of blood vessels. Local cytokines keep this dynamic network stable.
Specific nerves may be stimulated artificially, for example to treat pain. The finer the nerves, the more difficult it is to attach the required electrodes. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and NTT Research have now developed flexible electrodes produced with 4D printing technology. On contact with moisture, they automatically fold and wrap themselves around thin nerves.
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) works for stronger research, continuing education and spin-offs relating to education technologies. At the new TUM Center for Educational Technologies interdisciplinary research teams will investigate the effectiveness of digital tools for learning and teaching and will develop new applications. The center will put this into practice using continuing education programs and by supporting start-ups.
Patients with limited hand function are soon set to benefit from an intelligent neuro-orthosis that will enable them to lead independent lives again. Prof. Dr. Alessandro Del Vecchio, a neuroscientist at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), is working on this aim in two new projects and has received over 1.3 million euros of funding from the Free State of Bavaria. The main focus of this research during the next three years will involve wireless measurements of muscle impulses and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to make the intended movements.
An intelligent suit is hoped to significantly improve rehabilitation after a serious spinal cord injury. The AI-supported solution will be developed over the next three years by researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) working in collaboration with Heidelberg University and Heidelberg University Hospital. It combines electrical simulation of muscles with support for movement using artificial tendons, and reacts to patients’ intended movements. The German Research Foundation has provided a total of approximately one million euros in funding for the project “HIT-Reha”, 357,000 euros of which are allocated to FAU.
Around 40 Nobel Laureates and close to 600 Young Scientists from 90 countries in Lindau Programme focusing on the meeting’s discipline Physiology/Medicine Public livestream covering selected programme sessions New member of the Foundation’s Honorary Senate: Marius Müller-Westernhagen #LINO23 highlights on our social media wall
Regensburg, 20 June 2023 - The prestigious Johann-Georg-Zimmermann Medal was awarded this year to LIT scientist Prof. Dr. Hinrich Abken in recognition of his lifetime achievements.
Dr. Zoltan Nagy has been accepted into the prestigious Emmy Noether Programme by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The biologist will receive over 1.7 million euros in funding for a period of six years to establish a research group at the Institute of Experimental Biomedicine, University Hospital Würzburg to investigate the maturation process of blood-forming cells known as megakaryocytes.
How do our genes determine the immune response to pathogens? This depends on small differences in the genome. The situation is complex, as a new study shows.
Why is the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus able to spread so efficiently? Various hypotheses are still circulating in the scientific community. A group of researchers from Würzburg has now found groundbreaking answers.
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