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Quick help is needed in the event of a stroke. In the days that follow, some people suffer a second one. A new therapy should help. © pixabay/Alexander Fox | PlaNet Fox

Dresden doctors test new therapy against second stroke

Around one in three stroke patients suffers a relapse - often just a few days after the initial cerebral infarction. Doctors at TU Dresden are now starting a large nationwide study with 2,100 participants. They want to find out whether a combination of two drugs provides better protection against a second stroke than the current standard therapy. The Federal Ministry of Research is funding the project with three million euros.

  773,000-year-old mandible from the Thomas Quarry in Morocco.  Hamza Mehimdate, Program Préhistoire de Casablanca

Revealing 773,000-year-old bones: Here lies the key to our origins

Scientists have found 773,000-year-old bones in a Moroccan quarry - from people who lived at a time when Homo sapiens and Neanderthals were just parting ways. The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig was involved in the investigation. The findings provide rare insights into our common ancestors and confirm that Africa was the cradle of humanity: Africa was the cradle of mankind.

Even minor injuries can become infected and, in the worst case, lead to sepsis. Leipzig researchers want to improve the treatment of blood poisoning. © AI-generated with ChatGPT

Better treatment of blood poisoning: 7.5 million euros for project under Leipzig leadership

Every year, 75,000 people in Germany die from sepsis. Many deaths could be avoided. Leipzig University Hospital is now launching a nationwide project with 7.5 million euros in funding to improve treatment. The researchers want to digitally link all treatment data and use modern pathogen diagnostics to detect dangerous progressions earlier. Partners are university hospitals from four other cities.

The Bundeswehr practicing dropping leaflets in eastern Saxony. (Archive photo) / Photo: Thomas Frey/dpa

Bundeswehr practises dropping leaflets

The Bundeswehr is testing the dropping of flyers with helium balloons in Upper Lusatia. What the training is for and why Poland and the Czech Republic have also been informed.

Benjamin Schumann (right) with his team at the Crick Institute. Today he is Professor of Biochemistry at the TU Dresden.  © PR/Michael Bowles

Sweet signals decoded: Biochemists track cell communication

How do cells talk to each other? A team at TU Dresden has succeeded in making the most important sensors on the cell surface visible for the first time. The so-called proteoglycans receive signals and control how cells grow and react. The new method could help to better understand cancer and develop new therapies in the future.

Cars and motorhomes made up the largest share of Saxon exports. (Archive image) / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

Negative economic trend continues

The economy in Saxony remains weak. Industry, exports and the hospitality industry are reporting declines - only a few sectors are able to escape the downward trend.