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The nationwide project recently funded by the German Research Foundation is focussing on inflammation-induced bone loss. Researchers from Dortmund, Dresden, Erlangen/Nuremberg and Ulm want to find out exactly how inflammatory diseases - such as rheumatoid arthritis or intestinal diseases - damage bones. Among other things, their research aims to help identify new therapies for skeletal-associated diseases.

Using Raman spectroscopy, researchers at ISAS have tested a new diagnostic method that could potentially help to diagnose Fabry disease earlier. Until now, the disease has often been recognized too late - when it has already attacked the heart and other organs.

What role does the oxygen level in the blood play in thrombosis? Joy Amrei Brummel is tackling this and other questions in her bachelor's thesis. The 24-year-old student reports on how she applies her university knowledge in the ISAS laboratory.

With his presentation about analytical chemistry in paleontology at Justus Liebig University (JLU) Giessen, Heiles successfully completed his habilitation.

Dr Susanne Rafelski, deputy director of scientific programme at the Allen Institute for Cell Science is a guest at ISAS on 7 February.

The annual meeting of the German Society for Mass Spectrometry in Dortmund from May 14-17 will focus on mass spectrometric techniques and research.
