It can cause abscesses, boils, folliculitis, but also infections of the lungs or heart muscle. Staphylococcus aureus (Staphylococcus aureus) is a bacterium that quickly acquires resistance to antibiotics. Research at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences...
- It is hoped that the proposed treatment method will slow down the progression of the disease and improve the quality of life of MS patients," says Adam Stępień, head of the Neurology Clinic at the Military Medical Institute, the principal investigator in the PROTECT-MS study, which is...
In the latest edition of the Shanghai Ranking GRAS, Global Ranking of Academic Subject 2024, Wroclaw Medical University confirmed its strong position as a medical university. In the Clinical Medicine category, the university took first place, ahead of Jagiellonian University and other Polish...
At the University Clinical Center in Gdansk, two children who were diagnosed with extensive complex vascular malformations already in the fetal period underwent innovative treatment before birth. This is the first in Poland and one of the first of its kind in the world.
On November 5, 1985, Professor Zbigniew Religa performed Poland's first successful heart transplant. The operation took place at the then Provincial Cardiology Center) in Zabrze, today it is the Silesian Center for Heart Diseases.
The National Cancer Institute in Warsaw recently performed two procedures that should be regarded as pioneering medical achievements. Both took place during the Warsaw Live Endoscopy (WLE) conference, and the work of the surgical teams was followed live by nearly 450 people.
Prof. Janusz Klatka, MD, head of the Clinical Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology at the University Clinical Hospital No. 4 in Lublin, was elected the new president-elect of the Polish Society of Otorhinolaryngologists Head and Neck Surgeons. The election was made during...
According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE WUR), the Wroclaw-based university outranked institutions such as Jagiellonian University and Warsaw University.
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded half to David Baker "for computational protein design," and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper "for protein structure prediction." Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have successfully used artificial intelligence to predict the...
On October 22, the call for applications will be launched in a competition with KPO funds for improving and increasing the scientific and research capacity of existing Clinical Research Support Centers.
Chodzenie to podstawowy sposób poruszania się na dwóch nogach, który opanowaliśmy jako ludzie. Z pozoru wydaje się czynnością prostą, ale tak naprawdę jest złożonym procesem przekazywania sygnałów pomiędzy centralnym układem nerwowym a innymi organami.
Plants suffer from a great many diseases which are diagnosed and "treated" by inspectors of the State Inspectorate for Plant and Seed Protection, a state administrative unit that ensures that these diseases and pests do not spread uncontrollably and do not cause large economic losses to crops....
Research into the potential of natural substances for treating mental disorders is growing steadily. The need to create new therapies is prompting the scientific world to search for effective substances also in the world of plants, until recently used only in folk medicine.
Wciąż niewystarczająco poznany jest mechanizm powstawania migreny. Dlatego też wszelkie badania przyczyniające do zrozumienie jej patogenezy budzą zainteresowanie w świecie nauki.
Igrzyska Olimpijskie w Paryżu to na wielu płaszczyznach logistycznie wyzwanie. Jednym z najpoważniejszych jest zachowanie bezpieczeństwa epidemiologicznego i sanitarnego oraz sprawowanie intensywnego nadzoru nad zdrowiem zawodników i publiczności z całego świata.
The reasons why airplane passengers reach for alcohol while traveling vary. No matter what, in light of recent studies, it is, contrary to expectations, a harmful way to improve mood or drown out the anxiety of flying.
Najnowsze, acz przypadkowe, odkrycie amerykańskich naukowców poszerza listę sygnałów jakie można odczytać na podstawie wyglądu płytki paznokci. Może to być kolejny krok w profilaktyce nowotworów związanych z mutacją w genie BAP1.
Nearly half of Polish adults increasingly feel they lack companionship. According to the Institute's 2022 "Generations" report. "Feelings of loneliness among adult Poles" found that as many as 53% of adult Poles suffer from loneliness, with as many as 35% of people having no one to turn to for...
- We are still very far from the emergence of technologies such as the automated doctor, and perhaps we don't particularly need it at the moment. Medicine and the life sciences industry as a whole is quite un-digitized. We actually have problems with very mundane things, such as medical records,"...
Science Minister Dariusz Wieczorek met with Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna regarding medical faculties, they have been launched despite the negative opinion of the Polish Accreditation Commission. They will not be allowed to start recruitment.
A World Health Organization report points to the growing dangers of microplastic pollution, stressing the need to invest in scientific research that will clarify how it affects the various organs in the human body, including the human brain.
Chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps is a serious respiratory disease that can lead to many disorders in the health and life of patients. Disproportionately to the magnitude of the problem, awareness of this disease in Polish society is very low, including among those experiencing the condition....
Wykorzystanie zaawansowanej technologii trójwymiarowej oraz zaawansowanej animacji do szczegółowego odtworzenia anatomii miednicy oraz przedstawienia procesów porodowych stanowi pionierskie podejście – wyjaśnia Przemysław Jędrusik, kierownik Centrum Kształcenia Zdalnego i Analiz Efektów...
An observational study of a large population of adult cigarette smokers was conducted in the US, with the endpoint being the percentage of people who abstained from smoking for 30 days. Krzysztof Łanda, advisor to Ukraine's health minister, founder of the Watch Health Care Foundation, and former...
W Wielkiej Brytanii przeprowadzono bardzo ciekawe wieloośrodkowe badanie eksperymentalne na oddziałach ratunkowych z udziałem pacjentów, którzy nie wymagali natychmiastowej interwencji medycznej. Dotyczyło prób rzucenia palenia tytoniu. Wyniki badania komentuje Krzysztof Łanda, doradca ministra...
Researchers at the Jagiellonian University have developed the world's first method for quickly recognizing bacteria and fungi in images from light microscopes. The new technology uses deep neural networks and artificial intelligence. Ultimately, it is expected to support the work of laboratory...
An important goal for modern medicine is to be able to store and preserve biological preparations for a long and safe time, especially those for cell therapies that use stem cells.
OXIFlame is poised to become the successor to ECMO. Does the project, co-developed by scientists from the Silesian Medical University, have a worldwide career ahead of it?
Jedzenie w wyznaczonych porach dnia lub tygodnia, czyli post przerywany, cieszy się dużą popularnością. Najnowsze badania wywracają do góry nogami zaufanie co do jego dobroczynnego wpływu na zdrowie.
A team of researchers from the University of Warsaw, led by Professor Jacek Jemielite (CeNT) and Dr. Joanna Kowalska (FUW), in collaboration with a team from the Warsaw Medical University and the UW's spin-off company ExploRNA Therapeutics, has developed a new mRNA modification. According to...
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