Medicine and Life Sciences

The COVID-19 pandemic made remote consultations necessary for good heart failure care, now it appears to work even better than the traditional care pathway. Research from five Dutch hospitals and researchers of the TechMed Centre of the University of Twente found that using digital consultations improved care while maintaining patient satisfaction. ' Digital consultations are a win-win situation, ' says cardiologist Mark Schuuring .

One challenge with protein drugs is that the release is too fast. Professor Remco Tuinier and his team came up with a solution.

Female and male primates often form close bonds, but not purely out of affection. Close relationships usually evolve when there is a clear benefit for both parties, with protection and reproductive control playing key roles. A new study, led by primatologists Liesbeth Sterck from Utrecht University and Julia Ostner from the University of Göttingen, provides theoretical insights in how these bonds are formed. The study, published today, underlines the decisive role that females play.

International collaboration of more than thirty scientists as "textbook example of how nanomedicine should be done.