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New study shows relation between spinal cord injury and bladder cancer
Studies suggest that urinary bladder cancer is more likely to have a more unfavourable course in spinal cord injury patients than in non-paraplegic patients. However, many questions remain unanswered, such as the causes. A national research team with the …
Fatty liver disease promotes the formation of kidney stones
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in western countries, with an increasing incidence worldwide. Consequences of NAFLD can also include kidney disease and kidney stones, although the mechanisms for the development of …
When does liver cirrhosis develop into liver cancer? New study to identify risk factors
Worldwide, liver cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths and the incidence rate for this tumour disease is increasing. Liver cancer is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage, when only systemic therapies are possible. In a new research project, …
Chronotype influences cognitive functions and basic parameters of human brain physiology
Scientists at the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors in Dortmund (IfADo) are exploring the connection between chronotype physiological processes in the human brain. The latest findings have now been published in Nature …
Karolina Edlund receives funding for spatial resolution of tissue samples
The European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) regularly awards funding to researchers to be able to analyse spatial biomarkers in cancer research more precisely (European Whole Transcription Atlas Grant). This year, Karolina Edlund from the IfADo …
New method for predicting the success of breast cancer therapy provides more certainty
In a collaboration with the Faculty of Statistics at TU Dortmund and the University Medical Center in Mainz, a research team at the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors in Dortmund (IfADo) has developed a test that can be used to …
New research project analyses different disease stages of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease for therapeutic steps
In a new research project, the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors in Dortmund (IfADo) and partner institutions are analysing the different stages of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, from benign steatosis to cancer development. …
Project start: IfADo, ISAS and UKE research new corona testing and immunity determinations
The Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V. and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) are working together on novel testing strategies for …
SFB Extinction Learning enters second funding phase with IfADo
The German Research Foundation approved the second funding phase for SFB 1280 „Extinction Learning“, which involves researchers from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), the University of Duisburg-Essen, the Philipps-Universität Marburg and the Leibniz Research …