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05JUL 2017
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An innovation partnership for digitalizing healthcare
The Digital Health Innovation Platform (d.hip) was established by an alliance between university medicine, industry, and science for the purpose of accelerating the digitalization of medicine and healthcare. The Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Siemens Healthineers, the FAU, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, and Medical Valley EMN have signed a memorandum of understanding to this effect. […]The Digital Health Innovation Platform (d.hip) was established by an alliance between university medicine, industry, and science for the purpose of accelerating the digitalization of medicine and healthcare. The Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Siemens Healthineers, the FAU, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, and Medical Valley EMN have signed a memorandum of understanding to this effect. […]
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27JUN 2017
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Over 14 million euros for funding the networking of German biobanks
Medical IT experts involved in nationwide project As of 1 May 2017, eleven German biobank sites will be joining forces in the German Biobank Alliance (GBA), paving the way for a national and Europe-wide exchange of data and bio-samples between biobanks. The Chair of Medical Informatics is one of the IT centers of expertise participating […]
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25APR 2017
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What makes pancreatic cancer so aggressive?
Researchers discover key factor for the aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive tumor types because it starts forming metastases early. The cancer itself, however, is usually only discovered late. This leads to a high patient mortality rate. Researchers at the Chair of Experimental Medicine I have now discovered why […]
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25APR 2017
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Mission Control for the body’s salt and water supplies
New studies show that salty food diminishes thirst while increasing hunger, due to a higher need for energy We’ve all heard it: eating salty foods makes you thirstier. But what sounds like good nutritional advice turns out to be an old-wives’ tale. In a study carried out during a simulated mission to Mars, an international group of scientists has found exactly the […]
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05APR 2017
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Humboldt-scholar researches on nasolacrimal ducts
The Faculty of Medicine is glad to welcome another scholar from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Chair of Anatomy II: As part of his Humboldt Research Fellowship for experienced researchers, Dr. Mohammed Javed Ali aims to better understand the function and pathophysiology of the nasolacrimal ducts. When tears form, lacrimal fluid is discharged […]
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01MAR 2017
Clinic
Beating kidney disease together
Chronic kidney disease is a frequently encountered disorder: more than 10% of the population suffer from such problems. In a large proportion of these cases, the kidney damage is diabetes-induced. Universitätsklinikum Erlangen has joined forces with around 30 international partners in a consortium which aims at improving therapeutic options. The project is being financed with […]
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