Medicine and Life Sciences - Health

at the Cancer School of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna. Registration: www.cancerschool.at At the Comprehensive Cancer Center of MedUni Vienna and University Hospital Vienna, the experts also work closely together across disciplines on the topic of cancer, love and sexuality.

A simple-to-apply, needle-free vaccine patch is being developed to protect people from the potentially deadly mosquito-borne Zika virus.

Dr Matt Hepworth , Branch Lead for Immune Tolerance at The University of Manchester's Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation , has been awarded a £2.8 million, 8-year Career Development Award (CDA) from the Wellcome Trust to conduct groundbreaking research into a rare type of innate immune cell - known as group 3 innate lymphoid cell (ILC3) - and their role in maintaining both intestinal and whole-body health.

Patients given transitional care before and during discharge from hospital - such as joint discharge planning follow up visits or phone calls - are less likely to be readmitted according to University of Manchester researchers.

In today's medical landscape, antibiotics are pivotal in combatting bacterial infections. These potent compounds, produced by bacteria and fungi, act as natural defenses against microbial attacks.

Slow waves that usually only occur in the brain during sleep are also present during wakefulness in people with epilepsy and may protect against increased brain excitability associated with the condition, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL.

Idea generates local and national collaborations, a philanthropic gift toward a new research centre and an entrepreneurial opportunity Dr. Franz Zemp, PhD, gets chills talking about how his idea to target a specific cancer cell has evolved.

Researchers are working to advance the field of glycoscience, illuminating the essential role of carbohydrates for human health and disease.

Four in five primary caregivers of nine-month-old babies reported cuddling, talking and playing with their little one several times a day, in the first national long-term study of babies in over two decades, led by UCL.

Increasing the amount of folate through our diet or taking supplements could help to reduce bowel cancer risk.

For the 20th time, the Teddy Bear Hospital, a collaboration between MedUni Vienna, the Austrian Medical Students' Association. The aim of the Teddy Bear Hospital campaign is to take away children's fear of visiting a doctor or staying in hospital in a playful way. Children therefore have the opportunity to come with their cuddly toys, teddies or dolls on these three days and accompany them through the "hospital" as "assistant doctors". In this way, they can actively participate and at the same time overcome their fear of visiting a doctor.

Researchers at CHU Sainte-Justine find a way to use 3D printing to produce heart valves for eventual use in surgery on children with cardiac defects.