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How Decades of Research Are Finally Helping Us …

WEBHarvey J. Alter held a lecture online about Hepatitis C during the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. But it wasn’t that short-lived. Over a decade passed until a team led …

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Scientific Research and Medical Practice: What’s Ideal and What’s

WEBPhoto/Credits: janiecbros/iStock. The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. (Bertrand Russell, Marriage and Morals)

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Medicine of the 21st Century: Tailoring Treatment to Each Patient

WEBA New Revolution in Medicine. “Personalised medicine is going to be a suit-like medicine, tailored to our genetic make-up,” said Ciechanover, who received the 2004 Nobel Prize …

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Prof. Harvey J. Alter Lindau Mediatheque

WEBHarvey J. Alter was awarded Nobel Prize 2020 in Physiology/Medicine "for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus." Nationality USA. Institution National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, …

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Research Profile

WEBNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008 for “his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer”. Harald zur Hausen was born on 11 March 1936 in …

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COVID-19: The Role of Science in a Crisis

WEBMeeri Kim. Meeri N. Kim, PhD works as a science writer who contributes regularly to The Washington Post, Philly Voice and Oncology Times. She writes for The Washington …

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Health and Diseases

WEBThis year’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting is dedicated to Physiology/Medicine, so there was a wealth of topics on health and diseases; from rare diseases to those that often …

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Young Scientist Sara Dumit Earns Back-to-Back Awards for her

WEBBesides having been selected in 2021 to participate in the 70th and the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings as a young scientist, Sara Dumit has recently received two …

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How the Welfare State Affects Inequality and Social Mobility: A

WEBThe Scandinavian welfare state is widely regarded as a paradigm for promoting equality and social mobility. What are the sources of its apparent success?

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The Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine 2019 and 2020

WEBHarvey J. Alter, 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2019 was awarded to three physician scientists, William G. …

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Gut Microbiome: We Are Not Alone

WEBThe gut-brain axis refers to bi-directional communication between the central nervous system and gut microbiota that regulate metabolism and energy balance. Signaling can …

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Probiotics for Plant Health

WEBIn a recent study, scientists did indeed succeed in constructing microbial communities that had predictable effects on plant health. Nobel Laureate John Roberts during his lecture …

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Taking Action on Global Health Consequences of Climate Change

WEBWe are all acutely aware of the impact climate change can have (and is having) on the health of our global population. Extreme weather increases heat; and cold-related …

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Robert Koch’s Postulates – Past and Present

WEBThe germ theory of disease, that is, the idea that illness can be caused by microscopic organisms, was still contentious as recently as the last quarter of the 19 th century. …

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020: The Long Way to …

WEBPhoto/Credit: solidcolours/iStock. Hepatitis C is a viral disease that affects approximately 71 million people worldwide. Depending on the region, roughly 0.5 – 2.5% of the population …

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Epigenetics – How the Environment Influences Our Genes

WEBEpigenetics refers to the meta-level of genetic regulation. Under the influence of external factors, epigenetic mechanisms regulate which genes are turned on and off. This helps …

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The Modest Nobel Laureate: Youyou Tu

WEBIn 2013, almost 400 million doses were delivered. But how this therapy was discovered is a story in itself: the active ingredient artemisinin is a spin-off of the Vietnam War. Youyou …

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Bart de Witte: A Passion for Open-Source Medical AI

WEBBart de Witte discusses all things of medical AI and offers a glimpse of what’s in store at the #LINO23 Artificial Intelligence and Medicine Panel Discussion, which he will moderate …

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