MEDICA 2019 –
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The world of medicine meets at MEDICA 2019. A must for anyone who wants to experience tomorrow’s healthcare market live.

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MEDICAL FAIR CHINA

Suzhou, 5 – 7 September 2019

International Health Fair concurrently with China Medical Innovation Forum

MEDICAL FAIR THAILAND

Bangkok, 11 – 13 September 2019

International Exhibition on Hospital, Diagnostic, Pharmaceutical, Medical & Rehabilitation Equipment & Supplies

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Hotel ship special for exhibitors and trade fair guests of MEDICA 2019

For MEDICA 2019 we offer you exclusive accommodation on luxury and comfort Rhine ships at TOP PRICE and in TOP SITUATION via our partner Düsseldorf Tourismus.

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MEDICA 2019 – Pioneers of tomorrow's medicine

Are you already curious what you can experience at MEDICA 2019? Get a first glimpse in our video!

Immerse yourself in the world of medical technology - with videos in our MediaCenter

Technology against resistances

Unfortunately, more and more pathogens emerge that are resistant to drugs, especially antibiotics. We need to use our drugs smartly and come up with technical solutions as well to prevent our weapons from blunting in the future.

Learn in our Topic of the Month what technical tricks help against pathogens

Video Statement

Your advantages at the DxPx Conference

Christian Grosser, Deputy Director Global Portfolio Health and Medical Technologies, Messe Düsseldorf, explains the advantages of the Diagnostics Partnering Conference. It takes place in Düsseldorf in cooperation with MEDICA at 18 November 2019.

Learn more about the DxPx Conference!

Foto: Wolfram Diener (Messe Düsseldorf) and Malu Sevieri (EMME, representative of Messe Düsseldorf in Brazil) sign the organizer contract

A new addition to MEDICAlliance: In Brazil, a strong platform is being created “by professionals for professionals” with MEDICAL FAIR BRASIL

Messe Düsseldorf Group and manufacturers association ABIMO agree on cooperation

The Messe Düsseldorf Group is re-focusing their activities on the health market in Brazil and is off to a great start with the new MEDICAL FAIR BRASIL event, which will take place for the first time from 05 - 08 May 2020 in the Expo Center Norte in Sao Paulo, after which it will be held annually. MEDICAL FAIR BRASIL is supported by and staged in cooperation with the brazilian medical technology manufacturers association ABIMO. Messe Düsseldorf’s foreign representation in Brazil is responsible for organising the event on site.

Read the complete press release about the new MEDICAL FAIR BRASIL

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Individual training for athletes and patients

Movement, strength and coordination - after injuries as well as in healthy athletes, these three components must be intact for movements to run smoothly. At the Beta Klinik in Bonn, Dr. Markus Klingenberg offers a neuromuscular training with a playful character.

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Interview

Image: Participants of the German Medical Award 2018; Copyright: German Medical Award

German Medical Award 2019

The German Medical Award will take place on November 18, 2019, as part of the MEDICA trade fair in Düsseldorf. The ceremony emphasizes the commitment to excellence in cutting-edge care for patients. Doctors, clinical centers and companies in the medical and healthcare industry can demonstrate their achievements.

Discover more in the interview with Yvonne Esser

News from the editors of MEDICA-tradefair.com

Image: Two ellbows affected by psoriasis; Copyright: panthermedia.net/Hriana

Shedding light on PUVA light therapy for skin diseases

Together with their Munich-based colleagues, a team of physical chemists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has clarified which chemical reactions take place during PUVA therapy. The therapy involves light-induced damage to the DNA of diseased cells. The team working under Prof. Peter Gilch has now published its findings in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Image: A woman using an inhaler; Copyright: panthermedia.net/Andriy Popov

New biomarker may uncover uncontrolled asthma

Cytokines are a type of proteins that are important to the signaling between cells in the body’s immune system, for example in the case of an infection or injury. A new study which is being published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology is now indicating that the cytokine interleukin(IL)-26 could be used as a biological marker (biomarker) for uncontrolled asthma.

Image: blood samples; Copyright: Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing

Biomarker: health indication in old age

Researchers on ageing from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) collaborate to link basic insights from model organisms to the causes of ageing in humans. They can determine the disease vulnerability of older people using a defined set of substances in the blood.

Image: wearable placed on the forehead of a man; Copyright: Bizen Maskey, Sunchon National University

Wearables: sensors detect what's in your sweat

New easy-to-make sensors can provide real-time measurements of sweat rate and electrolytes and metabolites in perspiration. Needle pricks not your thing? A team of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, is developing wearable skin sensors that can detect what's in your sweat.

Image: nanoparticles in a close-up; Copyright: panthermedia.net/raimund14

Precision medicine: graphene nanoflakes as a new tool

Chemists funded by the SNSF have created a new compound for flexible drug delivery that specifically targets prostate cancer cells. Incorporating four different molecules, the compound prevents tumour cells from multiplying, can be detected by medical imaging and has staying power in the bloodstream.

Image: stretchable sticker for the skin; Copyright: Bao lab

Wearables: wireless sensors that stick to the skin to track our health

Skin-hugging sensors track health indicators and use a novel type of RFID to beam signals to receivers clipped to clothing. We tend to take our skin's protective function for granted, ignoring its other roles in signaling subtleties like a fluttering heart or a flush of embarrassment.

Image: self-calibrating endoscope; Copyright: J. Czarske, TU Dresden, Germany

Imaging: 3D images of objects smaller than a cell

Researchers have developed a new self-calibrating endoscope that produces 3D images of objects smaller than a single cell. Without a lens or any optical, electrical or mechanical components, the tip of the endoscope measures just 200 microns across, about the width of a few human hairs twisted together.

Image: Cells of the retinal pigment epithelium; Copyright: Julia Johansson and Teemu Ihalainen, Tampere University

Sensory cells: new insight on retinal diseases

Finnish researchers have found cellular components in the epithelial tissue of the eye, which have previously been thought to only be present in electrically active tissues, such as those in nerves and the heart. A study at Tampere University found that these components, voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels, are involved in the renewal of sensory cells in the adjacent neural tissue, the retina.

Image: man wearing the exosuit; Copyright: Wyss Institute at Harvard University

Exoskeleton: walk and run more easily

Between walking at a leisurely pace and running for your life, human gaits can cover a wide range of speeds. Typically, we choose the gait that allows us to consume the least amount of energy at a given speed. For example, at low speeds, the metabolic rate of walking is lower than that of running in a slow jog; at high speeds, the metabolic rate of running is lower than that of speed walking.