Scientists at the University of Augsburg have discovered a particularly active subgroup of blood platelets that cause heart attacks in people with coronary heart disease despite drug therapy. This discovery may open up new prospects for customized therapies. The research results are published in the renowned European Heart Journal and were presented at Europe's largest cardiology congress.

In a comprehensive study, researchers from the Department of Epidemiology at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Augsburg have provided reliable evidence for a link between chronic inflammatory diseases and the development of tumours in the digestive tract. The results were recently published in eClinicalMedicine, which is part of the Lancet Group.

A research team led by Prof Falk Büttner, professor for protein analysis at the Institute of Theoretical Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, has published a study in the renowned journal Cell Reports Medicine that describes a new biomarker for the non-invasive diagnosis of bladder cancer.