Transgender people in northern Germany can now consult the i2TransHealth telehealth website set up by the Interdisciplinary Transgender Care Center Hamburg (ITHCCH) at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), a press release said Thursday (May 7, 2020). The site hopes to improve the health...
The "Sonne" and "Maria S. Merian" were due to depart Bremerhaven Monday (May 18, 2020) to bring urgently-needed supplies to the "Polarstern" research vessel which has been stranded in the Arctic Ocean amid the corona crisis. Most regional ports and aircrafts remain shut making deliveries almost...
The University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf (UKE) has launched the C19.CHILD Hamburg study to examine the severity and frequency of the coronavirus in children and youths, a press release said Wednesday (May 13, 2020). The results should enable more targeted treatment and preventive measures. The...
Three of 35 research fellowships awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) to scientists in Germany will go to three projects in Hamburg, a press release said Wednesday (April 1, 2020). The ERC-Advanced Grants recognise outstanding scientific achievement and will provide the recipients with up...
Twenty cancer patients at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf have successfully undergone CAR-T cell therapy that use genetically modified immune cells to attack the tumor, a press release said Tuesday (January 28, 2020). Launched last May, the therapy has been approved for critically ill...
The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) is adding an implementation research division focusing on new methods of disease control for tropical infectious diseases such as malaria and ebola, according to a press release issued in January 2020. The German government and states as...
The Hamburg-based company myRezept.online has come up with a questionnaire, which patients fill out at home to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. It is emailed to the doctor on completion. Based thereon, the doctor can assess the risk of infection and can arrange for a corona...
An engineer is currently working to convert the Materials Imaging and Dynamics (MID) experimental station. This huge piece of equipment, which extends over several separate rooms, is characterized by astonishing flexibility. The length of the vacuum tube through which the X-ray passes can be varied...
A total of 25 outstanding researchers from a wide range of disciplines are expected to join the new Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study or “Wissenschaftskolleg”. The aim is to create an overarching centre of excellent research with national and international appeal. The first research fellows are...
The Pokémon Go craze in 2016 augured well for augmented reality, which adds virtual, digital content to everyday reality. Meanwhile, awareness of the technology has risen from a mere buzzword. Commerce and industry are seizing the opportunities offered by augmented reality. “Around 82 per cent of...