Arthrosurface`s innovative arm endoprosthesis OVO was implanted this week in a young, blind-born patient of the University Hospital in Kraków. It was Poland`s first and Europe`s second case of the use of this implant.

Psychologists at the SWPS University are working on the "Med-Stres" project - an online training and therapy program for health professionals. They invite doctors, nurses and paramedics to test the program. Registration starts on October 8.

Why does increased thromboembolic activity of platelets occur in multiple sclerosis? Scientists are conducting research that can help clarify this issue.

More than half of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) had to give up work, completely or partially, shows the latest study among Polish patients. In most cases, this caused more than a quarter decrease in household income.

Treatment of patients in a coma gives better results in people who are in this state as a result of an injury. It is much more difficult to improve the condition of patients who are in a coma due to brain hypoxia, according to the research and observations of scientists from Olsztyn.

Polish ophthalmologists performed the highest number of damaged cornea repair procedures with a method that uses the patient`s own stem cells, experts said during the "Autumn Ophthalmic Workshop 2018" in Jachranka near Warsaw.

To kill the cancer cell with heat, you need extremely sensitive tiny heaters, and you need nanothermometers. Łukasz Marciniak`s team creates particles capable of controlling the temperature of biological objects without electrical connections, non-invasively.

An innovative, low-invasive method of kidney testing, which will allow to better assess the quality of collected organs, is being tested by scientists from the Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum of the Nicolaus Copernicus University. The method may contribute to an increase in the number of kidney transplants.

Researchers have developed a recipe for proteins that will destroy inactive mitochondrial genes in the body and make space for their healthy counterparts. The solution created by a Polish researcher`s team in Cambridge has already been tested on mice. This is an important step towards the treatment of an important group of metabolic diseases.