Identifying pathogens within minutes instead of days

Mass spectrometry detects bacteria without time-consuming isolation and multiplication

07-May-2025 - Speed and reliability are crucial in the diagnosis of diseases. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Imperial College London have developed a new method to identify bacteria with unprecedented speed. This means that the waiting time can be reduced from several days to just ...

AI-based image analysis detects early organ damage

Software may help mitigate the side effects of cancer treatments

02-May-2025 - A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a method to predict early-stage kidney damage caused by certain cancer treatments. The kidneys begin to shrink slightly—months before any measurable decline in kidney function occurs. The researchers identified this trend ...

Silk sponges instead of animal testing

How a 3D cell culture system could revolutionize cancer diagnostics

28-Mar-2025 - An FFG-funded consortium of Austrian research groups from the University of Vienna, MedUni Vienna and Technikum Wien together with company partner DOC Medikus GmbH has developed an innovative bioanalytical test system for radiopharmaceutical drug candidates for cancer diagnosis and therapy. It ...

Pocket-sized breath test for stomach bacteria

Mini sensor analyses breath for infection with Helicobacter pylori

21-Mar-2025 - Stomach ulcers, gastritis and even stomach cancer are often the result of an infection with Helicobacter pylori. If the bacterium remains unrecognised for a long time, this can have serious consequences. Until now, however, diagnostic detection has been time-consuming and expensive. Researchers ...

Predicting cancer risk more precisely

Li-Fraumeni syndrome: A new type of cluster analysis makes customised cancer screening tests possible

18-Mar-2025 - People with the rare Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) have a high risk of developing cancer. Almost all those affected will develop cancer once, and in many cases several times, during their lifetime. LFS is a hereditary disease caused by disease-relevant variants in the TP53 gene. Researchers at ...

LIMAA Technologies and Labor Becker announce strategic partnership

Better generate, manage and analyze histopathology data on a large scale

28-Jan-2025 - LIMAA Technologies, an innovative deep-tech startup in the field of medical technology solutions, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Labor Becker, one of Germany’s largest and owner-managed diagnostic laboratories. The collaboration is set to accelerate the development of LIMAA's ...

IDEAward for researchers’ start-up ideas

Teams from informatics, environmental engineering and medicine

04-Dec-2024 - An AI-controlled construction robot, a CO2 conversion process and a test to detect head and neck tumors: These three promising start-up ideas from researchers are the latest winners of the TUM IDEAward. Which ideas can be turned into successful products? What start-up team is addressing the ...

Mainz Biomed and Thermo Fisher Scientific sign collaboration agreement

Development of next-generation colorectal cancer screening product for global markets

14-Nov-2024 - Mainz Biomed N.V. announced a collaborative agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), through its subsidiary Life Technologies Corporation (“Thermo Fisher”), a world leader in supplying life sciences solutions and services. The collaboration agreement will enable Mainz Biomed and ...

Detecting evidence of lung cancer in exhaled breath

Sensing technology could provide a breakthrough in non-invasive lung cancer screening

11-Nov-2024 - Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what’s going on inside the body, including diseases like lung cancer. And devising ways to sense these compounds could help doctors provide early diagnoses — and improve patients’ prospects. In a study in ACS Sensors, researchers report developing ...

New imaging analysis method revolutionizes the diagnosis of head and neck tumors

01-Nov-2024 - Head and neck cancers are among the ten most common cancers worldwide. Head and neck tumors account for about 3-5% of all cancers, with squamous cell carcinomas being the predominant form. They occur in areas such as the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx. An international team of researchers led by ...