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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 the occasion of the Day of Nursing on 12 May 2022, Univ. Prof. Dr. Hanna Mayer gave a lecture on the topic of "Professional Pride in Nursing".
Medical decisions on diagnosis and treatment of dyspnea in palliative care
KL graduate Magdalene Heim was able to publish her first research work in the journal „Supportive Care in Cancer“ with support of Dr. Gudrun Kreye form Krems University Hospital. Together with senior physician Dr. Klaus Hackner she investigated the selection of diagnosis and treatment options of acute respiratory distress in patients with advanced lung cancer.
Diabetes is one of the most common non-communicable diseases. The treatment of diabetes as well as associated long-term complications cause enormous costs for health care systems worldwide. Those affected are highly self-responsible for a good disease management. Social support improves self-management behaviour.
Call for inclusion in treatment guidelines
Lung cancer is responsible for the most cancer-related death. Decisions on the exact treatment of lung cancer are based on tumour size and lymph node involvement.
The growing use of smart control and monitoring tools in nursing increasingly decouples it from ethical and moral considerations - this is the core thesis of a now internationally published analysis by a researcher at Karl Landsteiner University for Health Sciences.
This is the result of a study with more than 27,000 participants from more than 45 countries, in which experiments according to Greene et al. (2009) were attempted to be replicated. On the part of Karl Landsteiner Private University, Prof. Stefan Stieger from the Department of Psychological Methodology and psychology student Jennifer Lenz were involved.
A joint study by Ingrid Metzler of the Department of Bioethics and Ethics in Medicine at Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL) and Heidrun Ån of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology uses the Corona contact-tracking apps in Austria and Norway to highlight the role of technology in shaping health policy measures.
Factors such as anemia and anticoagulants have more impact on hospitalization time after breast reconstruction than "common" risk factors. That is the outcome of a study carried out by the Karl Landsteiner Private University of Health Sciences in Krems (KL Krems) published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine.
Clinical researchers at Karl Landsteiner University Krems (Austria) evaluate novel diagnostic technique prospectively for the first time in Europe
Simplified calculation model for tissue properties developed at Karl Landsteiner University for Health Sciences Krems (Austria)
Research into the psyche of young people between the ages of 15 and 25 is getting an innovative home ath the university hospital in Tulln. It follows the scientific work of the DOT research group.
Objective assessment of irregularities in a tumour’s shape provides a means to evaluate its aggressiveness more effectively prior to an operation. This was the key finding made by a team of physicians from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences in Krems whose research focused on meningiomas, a form of tumour that affects the meningeal tissue in the brain.