Keyword

Cancer research

Keyword
15. January 2025
Individualised diagnostics, therapy and prevention

Why medicine is becoming more and more personalised

No two people are the same. It is therefore no surprise that patients with comparable symptoms may respond differently to the same treatment. The aim of personalised medicine is to increasingly tailor treatments to patients' needs. Rudolphina delves into this topic together with Barbara Prainsack, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Vice President of the Austrian platform for personalised medicine.
11. January 2024
Guest article by
Sofia Kantorovich
Rudolphina Experts: New materials in medicine

Nanomagnets to fight cancer

Most drugs work best when directly brought to the place in the body where they are needed. Physicist Sofia Kantorovich explains how nanoscale magnets could lead to better therapies for conditions such as cancer.
16. November 2023
Materials of the future

Cell tissue: The complex machinery of life

In the Rudolphina series "Materials of the future", physicist Roberto Cerbino, who is specialising in soft condensed matter, gives insights into cell tissue, a true "material of life".
29. March 2022
Cancer research

Survival of the fittest cells

Stephanie Ellis is uncovering the principles of cell competition at the Max Perutz Labs. By understanding how our system eliminates 'loser' cells, she gains knowledge for future cancer therapies.
15. January 2020
Cancer Research

The hidden patterns our world is made of

Without understanding "invisible" structures, we will never be able to gain full understanding. Mathematician Sara Merino Aceituno from the University of Vienna examines cell-based phenomena leading to cancer formation, the collective movement of spermatozoa and its link to fertility and tissue formation.