Influence of climate change on legionellosis and minimizing the health consequences of Legionella In the period from August to September 2023, 166 people in Poland were infected with Legionella of which 23 died. The water supply system of the city of Rzeszów was found to be contaminated with the bacteria [1]. There was another [...]
A new protein known as κappa-free light chains (κ-FLC) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been identified as a biomarker for the early prognosis of individual disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS). The kappa type of FLCs, which circulate predominantly as monomers (22 kDa) in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid, are formed in excess by [...]
Quality control in CSF diagnostics - Standard or economy-based? At the end of February 2024, our biologist and medical device consultant Dr. Dagmar Michel conducted an interview on this topic with Prof. Dr. Dr. Manfred Uhr, Head of the Clinical Laboratory at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich. Prof. Manfred Uhr is [...]
