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40 years ago, a team at University Hospital Vienna and MedUni Vienna successfully performed the first heart transplant in Vienna.

The use of bacteriophages is a promising option for the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. The therapeutic use of these special viruses is a new treatment option, particularly for patients who have developed resistance to antibiotics.

According to a recent report by the World Economic Forum, women spend 25 per cent more years of their lives in poor health than men.

Florian Krammer will take up the Professorship of Infection Medicine. His work will alternate between the two institutions.

Johannes Gojo, Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology at MedUni Vienna, has received the inaugural CERN PFA Ependymoma Translational Research Award from the National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS).

In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the power of conspiracy theories became clear, especially in the vaccination debate.

The hazel pollen season has begun. Some of the local alders are also already in bloom. This means that pollen allergy sufferers must prepare themselves for the first increase in pollen concentrations, as reported by the Pollenservice Vienna.

In the run-up to World Cancer Day on February 4, the medical universities in Graz, Innsbruck and Vienna are announcing an important merger: The newly founded Austrian Comprehensive Cancer Network (ACCN) pools the expertise of the Comprehensive Cancer Centers (CCC) in Graz, Innsbruck and Vienna.

Scientists from MedUni Vienna, in collaboration with colleagues from the Politecnico di Milano, have developed a simulator that can be used to practice and plan complex aneurysm operations.

In most European countries, including Austria, the incidence of colorectal cancer in the 55 plus generation has been falling steadily for 30 years.

Addiction disorders in Austria are still clearly male-dominated, but women are catching up in areas such as alcohol and cigarette addiction - especially at a young age.

Implantable blood pumps have become the standard treatment for adult patients with heart insufficiency.

Around seven percent of children in Austria are born prematurely, i.e. before the 37th week of pregnancy.