Research

As a physicist, Gabriele Chiogna is used to working on complex equations. However, it is not enough to understand how the availability and quality of water will change during the coming years. The answer to this problem varies greatly, depending on how we use this vital resource in the future.

FAU researchers have discovered that colorectal tumors respond better than previously to immunotherapy if a protein associated with gene regulation, ZEB1, is switched off in cancer-associated fibroblasts.

For just over twenty years now, physicians have observed a significant rise in chronic kidney disease in countries on the Equator. FAU scientist are now supporting researches in Sri Lanka in investigating the developments.

A research team led by PD Dr. Ulrich Rother from Erlangen University Hospital is currently developing a new diagnostic procedure for improved and gentler treatment of peripheral arterial occlusive disease, which mainly affects older people.

A treatment for metastatic cancer – researchers at FAU, the University of Innsbruck, the MIT and Universität Würzburg have now come a major step closer to this ambitious goal.

FAU researcher Ludwig Nützel combines the traditional card game of Schafkopf and quantum physics. He has now spiced the game up a little with his new version that introduces elements from the field of quantum physics into the trick-taking game.

As part of our innate immune system, the complement system plays a role in destroying tumor cells. Paradoxically however, an activated complement system can also also promote the growth and formation of metastases in certain types of tumors such as sarcomas. How radiotherapy influences the complement system is now the subject of research being carried out by a consortium that researcher Dr. Michael Rückert is a member of.

“One year after the treatment, I feel as good as I did before my diagnosis, except for a few colds,” says Uresa A. today. In June 2023, Uresa received CAR-T cells at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen as a last resort to slow down systemic lupus erythematosus.

While a pacemaker is currently the most effective treatment to stop cardiac arrhythmias, it cannot keep them from reoccurring. However, there might be a solution for that: FAU researchers and scientists from the University of Bonn have now developed a gel as a preventive measurement.

Children want to be more involved in decision making processes says a new study conducted by FAU's Institute for Primary Education Research. This underscores the fact that children should learn to think and act democratically from an early age. A great place to do so could be at school.