In an in vitro study, the scientists Lydia Kürzinger and Benedikt Pötzl from the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology at University Hospital Würzburg have investigated the effects of bisphenols on adrenal hormone synthesis. They made some interesting discoveries.

Each year, four joung researchers are selected to receive up to US$30,000 in prize money for their accomplishments.

Together with researchers from the Hans Knöll Institute and Jena University Hospital, the Jena-based biotech company Dynamic42 has developed a gut-on-chip candidiasis model that can be used to quantify the course of infection.

In cell cultures obtained from volunteers, a team of scientists has discovered that tobacco consumption triggers profound epigenetic changes that are assumed to be associated with a long-term cancer risk. This apparently also applies to e-cigarettes, which are touted as an alternative.