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The protein STAT3 helps the immune system to recognise leukemic cells. This interaction, which is important for future immunotherapies, is now understood in detail thanks to a study at the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems). The study showed that STAT3 influences the formation of surface structures on leukemic cells that make them vulnerable to the immune system. If these structures are missing, leukemic cells can escape the body's innate immune surveillance. The expression of STAT3 in and the surface structures on leukemic cells could be a potential biomarker for future immunotherapies.
On Thursday, September 12, 2019, the closing event of the Life Science project "The role of phage in antibiotic resistance" took place at the University Hospital St. Pölten. During the one-day conference international scientists discussed the results of almost four years of research. Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences was part oft he research project.
The ESB Conference will take place this year from 7-10 July for the 25th time, the first time in Vienna. The Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences is a member of the Organizing Committee together with the Vienna University of Technology and the European Society of Biomechanics. Around 750 participants from more than 30 nations will take part in the conference.
Software for an innovative wearable that could optimise the collection of data in psychological studies is being developed by researchers at KL University. The device will be tested on around 150 subjects as part of an investigation entitled ‘Laughter in everyday life’*, a project which is funded by the FWF. The advantage of the wearable – in this case an armband – is that it can be quickly accessed to record data and is simple to operate. These advantages will come into their own in psychological studies that use the experience sampling method, where subjects are required to record everyday experiences. In the past, written records or smartphones have been used for data collection, but this can result in distortion of the findings.
What determines the composition of microorganisms in the digestive tract of animals? A large study carried out by TU Wien and Karl Landsteiner University Krems in cooperation with MPI Tübingen has now investigated this mystery.
Award of the Gold Medal of Honour for Services to the Province of Lower Austria.
At the beginning of March, the Department of Physiology started at the KL with the Professor of Physiology, Dr. Gerald Obermair.
Researchers from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences and the Medical University of Vienna explain workings of placental transport systems; spotlight on mercury and iron.
The toxic heavy metal mercury can find its way into the blood of unborn babies through the placenta by “camouflaging” itself as an amino acid. This finding was the outcome of research carried out by a team from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences and the Medical University of Vienna. In contrast, little is known about placental transport of iron, an essential element that is often found in insufficient quantities in expectant mothers and their unborn foetuses. Based on the methods used and experience gained in the mercury study, the inter-university team is now looking at this transport process in a new project, which is also being supported by NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges.m.b.H. (NFB).
The new year brought the start of the Division of Pharmacology with our Professor of Pharmacology, Dr. Dagmar Stoiber-Sakaguchi.
The Science Prize 2018 of the Medical Society of Lower Austria was awarded this year to Dr. Klaus Hackner of the University Hospital Krems, Department of Pulmology (Chairman: Prim. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Errhalt).
At the beginning of December we had the pleasure of welcoming our first exchange scientist within the framework of the Erasmus programme "Staff Mobility For Training" at KL University in the field of Water Quality and Health.
Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner described Univ.-Prof. Dr. Herbert Frank as "outstanding physician" and "personality with international appeal". The "Great Golden Medal of Honor for Services to the Federal State of Lower Austria" was presented to Herbert Frank, the Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Tulln on Friday, December 14, at the Palais Niederösterreich in Vienna's Herrengasse.