Archive - News
05.12.2018
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TUM scientists among the world's most influential researchersSix scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) rank among the world's most influential minds in the fields of medicine, natural sciences and life sciences. Their names can be found in the latest "Highly Cited...[more] |
29.11.2018
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Gut microbiome research receives German Research Foundation support - New Collaborative Research Center at TUMWhat interactions exist between the composition of the microbiome in the digestive tract and its diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease or colon cancer? The new Collaborative Research Center "Microbiome Signatures –...[more] |
28.11.2018
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The secret of brown trout dying uncovered: The virus detectivesEvery summer in Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland, tons of brown trout perish. An interdisciplinary team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now discovered the culprit of the mysterious dying afflicting...[more] |
28.11.2018
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Munich student team develops new production method for viruses that attack bacteriaBacteria that become resistant to known antibiotics are on rise. A team of students from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) have developed a new method to produce bacteriophages, the...[more] |
26.11.2018
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Gut hormone secretin can do more than previously believedThe long known gut hormone secretin has a newly discovered, additional function: It activates thermogenesis in brown fat, which triggers saturation. Scientists of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in collaboration with an...[more] |
18.09.2018
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Colon cancer: The microbiota in the intestines fuels tumour growthThe team of Professor Dirk Haller at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) made an unexpected discovery while investigating the triggering factors of colon cancer: Cell stress in combination with an altered microbiota in the...[more] |
11.09.2018
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What catches our eye: Brain selects visual objects according to specific mechanismOur unconscious gaze is controlled by an automatic selection process computed by a neural network in the brain. Details of this computation have now been studied by an international team collaborating with the Technical...[more] |