Research

Neurosurgeons at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen have discovered a new function of a cancer drug. The active agent sunitinib has so far been used to treat gastrointestinal connective tissue tumours, known as gastrointestinal carcinoma, and advanced renal carcinoma. The doctors found that the drug is also effective against brain tumours.

With instruments such as financial equalisation schemes or subsidies for investments politicians seek to create equal living conditions across the regions. But are these measures effective? Are they accepted by the population? Researchers at FAU and Philipps-Universität Marburg have been examining these questions in a project funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.

As many as four young researchers at FAU have succeeded in securing research funding in one of the toughest European selection processes

Researchers from the Vienna University of Technology and FAU have shown that the secret of iron oxide lies in the unique structure of its surface. Their findings have recently been published in the renowned journal Science.

Medical researchers have proven in a study that a mutation in the risk genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 plays an important role in the development of an aggressive type of breast cancer. They recommend tests for genetic mutations for patients under 60 because the incidence of these mutations was particularly high in this age group.

A comparative study involving 25 German hospitals, including Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, has proven the efficacy of the enzyme inhibitor Sorafenib in younger patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) for the first time.

How can we achieve personal well-being and life satisfaction? How important are values? FAU researchers led by Prof. Dr. Andrea Abele-Brehm at the University's Chair of Social Psychology have addressed these questions.

An international working group involving FAU researchers has shown that various types of parasites are spreading rapidly as a result of rising sea levels. Their findings have been published in the renowned American journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In the animal kingdom just the smell of blood has an irresistible effect on carnivores. If a predator smells blood it knows that dinner is not far away. But what are the characteristic components of blood in mammals? Aroma researchers at FAU have recently analysed it and made some surprising discoveries.

Scientists at FAU awarded $10 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve the crop yield of the cassava plant