Η "σιωπηλή" νόσος των νεφρών: Τι πρέπει να ξέρετε

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:32:19 EST

Secondary infections caused by bacteria or viruses during hospital care remain a long-standing global challenge, despite advances in modern medicine. In particular, mixed bacterial-viral infections in critically ill or immunocompromised patients are extremely difficult to treat and are associated with significantly increased mortality.

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:21:56 EST

In 2024, Professor Sebastian Kobold's research group at LMU University Hospital had already shown that the metabolite prostaglandin E2 can block T cells—the killer cells of the immune system—in the vicinity of a tumor, such that they do not attack cancer cells. This is one of the reasons why therapeutic CAR T cells have lacked success against solid tumors such as bowel or pancreatic cancer.

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:10:39 EST

A woman's risk of developing postpartum depression is influenced by several pain-related factors before and after childbirth, including poor pain management, their prenatal mental health and the quality of patient–provider communication, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign say.