Medicine and Life Sciences

The human metaorganism: understanding obesity individually

Health - Mar 11
Health

News from At Leipzig University Medicine, scientists are researching how bodies, organs, cells and microbes talk to each other.

How mice see: newly discovered nerve cells perceive more than just edges

Life Sciences

Research team identifies new selectivity in mouse visual cortex using "digital twins". The visual cortex is the part of the brain that enables visual perception.

Life Sciences - Feb 27

Bumblebees decide efficiently

Life Sciences

When searching for food, most insects specifically head for flowers that promise them the best yield. Researchers from the Universities of Konstanz and Würzburg have now shown how bumblebees orientate themselves.

Caught red-handed

Life Sciences

Researchers have deciphered the process by which the influenza virus steals the cap of the host RNA to replicate.

Pharmacology - Feb 26

Spotlight on therapeutic potential

Pharmacology

Adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are implicated in numerous human diseases. However, to date, no medicinal product has been approved that specifically targets these signalling molecules.