Articles of author „Dr. Dominik Jäger“

Date: 05.01.2016 Category: Products +Comment

Sensitive and specific CSF biomarkers for the diagnostics of Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Dominik Jäger

Alzheimer’s disease is the bête noire of aging. It is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of neurons and synapses. Brain areas involved in memory, cognitive functions, speech capability and spatial orientation are affected in particular. The result is dementia:…

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Date: 09.10.2015 Category: Science +Comment

Inflammatory bowel diseases: immune reaction against intestinal microbiota

Dr. Dominik Jäger

Our body, especially the intestine, is colonized by a huge number of microbes – ten times more than the body’s own eukaryotic cells. This overcrowding, which seems rather alarming at first glance, fulfills important functions. Although bacteria are commonly associated…

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