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An international research consortium, with significant participation from MedUni Vienna, has tested a novel therapeutic concept to treat virus-induced lung failure in patients with severe COVID-19 in a phase 2 clinical trial.

The time a premature baby spends in a neonatal intensive care unit falls within a particularly important time window for brain development.

Around 537 million people worldwide are affected by diabetes, including around 600,000 in Austria alone, and this figure is expected to rise further due to the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity.

An international study led by MedUni Vienna has investigated the potential benefits of extracellular vesicles (EVs) from the probiotic bacterium Escherichia coli A0 34/86 (EcO83) in therapeutic applications.

Breast cancer, by far the most common cancer in women, is all the more treatable the earlier it is detected.

Rescue coordination center staff are often faced with the challenge of callers being unable to describe an emergency situation precisely - but technological progress is opening up new avenues: thanks

A groundbreaking success in the fight against hepatitis C: As part of the cross-institutional ELIMINATE project, hospital data was systematically analyzed in ten hospitals in Vienna (including 6 WIGEV clinics) and Lower Austria in order to identify and treat those affected.

Christoph Juchem has been appointed Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics (§98) at MedUni Vienna and Co-Head of the High Field MR Center of Excellence at MedUni Vienna's Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy with effect from 1 October 2024.

Living patient safety every day is a central goal of University Hospital Vienna and MedUni Vienna. In 2024, University Hospital Vienna and MedUni Vienna are once again joining forces in the global WHO campaign and illuminating the main buildings in the campaign color orange.

While targeted psychological support in competitive sport is now undisputed and sports psychology interventions of all kinds aimed at optimizing performance are used, particularly in high-performance sport, psychiatric illnesses are still often considered a taboo subject in top-class sport.

Strokes lead to irreversible damage to the brain and are one of the most common causes of dependency or death. As the cellular reactions to a cerebral infarction are not yet fully understood, there is a lack of possible approaches to promote the regeneration of damaged nerve tissue in the brain. A study led by MedUni Vienna and recently published in "Nature Communications" closes crucial gaps in our knowledge and paves the way for research into new, targeted therapeutic strategies.

Allergy sufferers in Vienna have to be prepared for pollen release in summer and fall, mainly due to immigrant species such as ragweed and certain types of mugwort as well as climate change.

Thomas Vogl's research team at MedUni Vienna's Center for Cancer Research aims to identify biomarkers in the gut microbiome that are associated with Long COVID. The "Global Grant for Gut Health", awarded by Yakult and Nature Portfolio, is now supporting them in this endeavour. "If we succeed in finding biomarkers that both indicate a person's risk of Long COVID and represent therapeutic targets against the disease, this could significantly improve our ability to treat and perhaps even prevent Long COVID in the future," says Thomas Vogl, summarising the importance of the research work.

Up to 80,000 people in Austria suffer from ME/CFS or myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Although, the number of people affected by COVID-19 and post-infectious syndromes will continue to rise, there is a lack of public structures specialized in the care of the disease and the needs of affected patients.

Roland Beisteiner, a specialist in neurology and psychiatry at the Department of Neurology, took up a professorship (§99/1) in the field of Neurology at MedUni Vienna at the beginning of April.

An international research group led by MedUni Vienna has developed VEGANScreener, a new tool with 29 questions on the dietary quality of vegans in Europe.

Around four billion people worldwide are affected by recurring headaches, and over 356 million spend more days of their lives with than without a "thunderstorm in their head".

While the female sex has a protective effect during an acute infection with Covid-19, women run an increased risk of developing post-Covid syndrome (PCS) even after mild cases.

Claudia Zimmermann, a member of the Department of Epidemiology at MedUni Vienna's Center for Public Health, has been awarded this year's Best Paper Award by the Austrian Society for Epidemiology for

Allergy sufferers can hope for extremely favorable pollen count conditions this year at the Vienna City Marathon next Sunday, April 21, 2024.