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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.
The first week of the new students in the Bachelor of Health Sciences was dedicated to the Welcome Days at the University Hospitals of Tulln, Krems and St. Pölten.
At a planned meeting with Prof. Kari Martinsen and Prof. Herdis Alvsvag, Norway's most renowned nursing scientists, an intensive exchange of ideas took place on the current development of professional nursing.
Last Saturday, art lovers visited the KL to view Christian Schwarzwald's artwork "Zell" installed in the foyer.
The graduates of the Bachelor study programme Health Sciences and the Bachelor study programme Psychotherapy and Counselling Sciences received their diplomas at a festive ceremony.
Being able to distinguish forced from hearty laughter is a human ability that is spread across cultural boundaries.
Learning place with view over the roofs of Krems: For pupils of the Gartenbauschule Langenlois the practical lessons are temporarily transferred to the roof terrace of the KL.
A presentation of the Skills Labs at the Karl Landsteiner Private University Krems proved to be very interesting.
Glioblastoma is a brain cancer with devastating prognosis. A new collaborative study by scientists from CeMM, MedUni Vienna, KL University and the Austrian Brain Tumor Registry network demonstrates how epigenetic analysis of tumor samples collected in routine clinical practice could be used to better classify and treat the disease. The KL researchers Dr. Melitta Kitzwögerer, Dr. Franz Marhold and Prim. Dr. Stefan Oberndorfer (all from the University Hospital St. Pölten) were also involved in the research work. The results were published in Nature Medicine.
Since the beginning of this week, KL has been the location for filming. Jessica Hausner shoots her new film in international co-production with Great Britain and Germany at the KL premises.
In order for organ models to be suitable as training objects for surgeons, their mechanical properties must also match the biological model as closely as possible.
The latest national and international media reports on dubious practices of some scientific publishers ("predatory publishing") give the impression that there is also a serious problem for Austria as a research location. However, this is not the case. All available data show that only a very small number of scientists in Austria, who are in the per mille range, are affected by such practices. In addition, the local and international scientific community addressed the phenomenon at an early stage and developed binding standards.
The KL awards up to five social scholarships to psychology students starting in winter term 2018/19.