this could be a problem for those club who want the Bayern Munich start.. For any clubs hoping to get Bayern Munich star Jamal Musiala The Germany international has just moved into Philipp Lahm’s villa per Bild (as captured by @iMiaSanMia) Lahm was marketing a villa (it is unclear if this is the same one) as a place where fans could stay back in July: Jamal Musiala has moved to Philipp Lahm’s villa in the upscale area of Bogenhausen in Munich a 20-minute drive away from Säbener Straße That also shows that Musiala feels very comfortable in Munich and could be an indication that he’s willing to stay in the long term Musiala said that moved away from his family home into an apartment “Yes, from my mother’s house to an apartment. It’s quite different now. I like it. I really like having my peace, as they say in English, my own space with quiet. What I really miss, though, is my mother’s delicious food. But I’ve found a good solution - and I also like to cook myself sometimes,” Musiala told Welt am Sonntag two months ago (as captured by @iMiaSanMia) Is Lahm’s villa the apartment he referenced...or did Musiala go from an apartment into Lahm’s villa now that he knows he is signing a new deal We’ll just have to wait for the Musiala episode of House Hunters International to find out Musiala had been loosely linked to Manchester City, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, and Manchester United among others Looking for more chatter on the future of several key Bayern Munich players? Great, the check out the latest edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works — Weekend Warm-up Show on Patreon, Spotify Be sure to stay tuned to Bavarian Podcast Works for all of your up to date coverage on Bayern Munich and Germany. Check us out on Patreon and follow us on Twitter: @BavarianFBWorks By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org Jews and others were “totally at the end of their rope physically and mentally,” said one Jewish woman born in a DP camp BERLIN (JTA) — Rachel Salamander was born in an in-between time and place: The time was just after the end of the Holocaust when no one knew what the future would bring for the remnants of European Jewry The in-between place was a displaced persons camp at Deggendorf Her parents Samuel and Riva — survivors from Poland — were among the flood of refugees arriving from the east were “survivors of concentration camps or gulags or just people who had everything taken away from them totally at the end of their rope physically and mentally,” says Salamander Her family moved from Deggendorf to another DP camp “They gave all their love and attention to us children Life in the DP camps is the subject of a collaborative exhibition between Munich’s Jewish Museum and its City Museum situated across the square from each other in the city’s center Called “Munich Displaced: The Surviving Remnant,” and “Munich Displaced: After 1945 and without a Homeland,” the twin exhibits tell the stories of tens of thousands of displaced persons — Jewish and non-Jewish — in post-war German limbo the first to focus on the lives and fates of all those people who fled were displaced or deported during World War II and then found themselves in or near Munich after 1945 there were more than eight million so-called displaced persons in Germany the DP camps — administered by the Allied authorities and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) — were places where they could regain their strength and perhaps find lost family The DP camp “was the beginning of the beginning,” said Ruth Melcer who was liberated from Auschwitz and later reunited with her parents in their home country and eventually were housed in the Föhrenwald DP camp in Munich the camps — many of them set up in former Nazi camps — were bleak Jewish DPs found themselves in the same camp with their erstwhile persecutors President Harry Truman tasked Earl Harrison dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the American envoy to the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees with producing a report on the conditions — which he found shockingly unsanitary “As matters now stand, we appear to be treating the Jews as the Nazis treated them except that we do not exterminate them,” Harrison wrote in 1945 “They are in concentration camps in large numbers under our military guard instead of S.S helped separate Jewish DPs from non-Jews and improve their overall conditions “Jewish people have really a will to survive,” said Melcer’s friend Lydia Barenholz whose family spent a few months in the same Föhrenwald DP camp They survived the end of the war in hiding near their home city of Lviv “We are hanging together with the strength of knowing that everyone could be my family,” said Barenholz who lives with her husband Jacques in Holland many were just happy to be free of the Nazis “My parents’ life began again” at the Landsberg DP camp about 40 miles west of Munich not about the death that they observed in Lodz and in concentration camps.” We spoke Yiddish and we kept all the Jewish holidays there were approximately 100,000 DPs immediately after the end of the war A view of an UNRRA DP camp in the Bogenhausen district of Munich in 1949 most DPs emigrated by 1950 to the United States and Israel and only about 20,000 remained in Germany overall together with a tiny number of German Jews who had survived in hiding made up Germany’s post-war Jewish community “The Jewish DPs were not only survivors or victims,” said Jewish Museum curator Jutta Fleckenstein “They very quickly developed a Jewish self-awareness And in this short ‘in-between time,’ after 1945 they could also be seen in the German landscape.” “It all happened in this brief time,” added Fleckenstein a historian who has focused on issues of identity and migration Aiming to wrest this chapter from oblivion the two museums are offering a program of events and have highlighted some 40 locations throughout the city where refugees once studied or gathered for social or religious events where Jewish newspapers were printed and where Jewish aid organizations offered assistance Objects on display came from the museums’ collections or were loaned by former DPs themselves so they installed a special corner for me” in the exhibition who had attended a Hebrew high school in Munich with her friend Melcer Barenholz’s homework book is opened to a page that shows “I wrote a very nice Hebrew,” she said but they didn’t open the book to that page.” who attended Munich’s post-war Hebrew high school together are shown with some of the objects they contributed to the new exhibit “My hope is that visitors will learn what happened so that it will never happen again,” said Melcer who contributed photos from her school days “But the times are very bad for these hopes.” has stayed in touch with numerous former classmates around the world She frequently speaks with pupils in German schools about her family’s story who founded a chain of Jewish bookstores in Germany has loaned artifacts to an exhibit at the Reichenbachstrasse Synagogue which was built in 1931 and reopened in 1947 it was the main synagogue for Munich’s post-war Jewish community Salamander and Ron Jakubowicz started a foundation to press for the building’s reconstruction all the liberal things that define a good part of American Jewish life professor of history at the University of Southern Maine and former administrative director of the American Jewish Archives at HUC in Cincinnati It seems to be a story whose time has come: Germany’s public broadcasting company Deutsche Welle has also produced a film about the DPs in post-war Landsberg Peck recently organized a week-long program marking 75 years since Leonard Bernstein conducted an orchestra of Holocaust survivors in Landsberg Peck also co-organized with the Landsberg City Museum the first in a dialogue series this one focusing on the history of the DP camp It featured a discussion between Peck and Katrin Himmler The idea behind the dialogue “was to talk with people who had ancestors who were in the concentration camps in Landsberg or in the DP camp and to ask questions that are important nowadays about racism and antisemitism,” said museum director Sonia Schaetz The museum will include the DP camp history in its new permanent exhibit local grassroots historians Manfred and Helga Deiler are planning an exhibition and visitor center at the site where traces of a World War II slave labor camp can still be seen Some of its survivors became residents of the local Jewish DP camp they occasionally bring visitors to the site part of which today houses refugees from Afghanistan and Syria It was typical for post-war Germans to forget about the DP camps, says Fleckenstein of the Jewish Museum in Munich. As German-born American philosopher Hannah Arendt noted in her 1950 report from Germany Germans in general were feeling sorry for themselves and reacted with apathy “to the fate of the refugees in their midst.” this chapter fell into a kind of “twilight zone,” said Fleckenstein “In many biographies this time doesn’t even come up at all “The people with whom we lived in the DP camp were special,” recalls Salamander “They all had a piece of destruction in them they all had come directly from mass murder they were all completely traumatized people who cried a lot they said the names of people whom they had lost who had never been in Germany and did not want to be here And they were always waiting for things to get better.” JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent I accept the Privacy Policy Sir David Alan Chipperfield was born in London in 1953 and was raised on a farm in Devon He studied architecture at the Kingston School of Art and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and Richard Rogers before founding his own firm The firm has grown to include offices in London His first notable commission was a commercial interior for Issey Miyake in London his first significant building was the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames Chipperfield has developed over one hundred projects across Asia he led the reconstruction of the Neues Museum in Berlin (1993–2009) and the construction of the James-Simon-Galerie (1999–2018) He has been a professor at various universities in Europe and the United States including the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and Yale University he curated the 13th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale he established the RIA Foundation in Galicia dedicated to research on sustainable development in the region He is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and has been recognized as an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA) including the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2011 the Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association in 2013 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2010 he was knighted for his services to architecture and in 2021 he was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour in the United Kingdom Chipperfield's career is distinguished by his focus on the relationship between architecture and its context as well as his commitment to sustainability and the preservation of architectural heritage Archive Recommendations Von: Katarina Amtmann die Polizei bittet um Hinweise.","url":"https://www.merkur.de/lokales/muenchen/norbert-muenchner-leidet-an-demenz-polizei-sucht-nach-vermisstem-93692568.html"};c&&a.navigator.canShare(d)&&(c.style.display="",c.addEventListener("click",b=>{b.preventDefault(),a.setTimeout(function(){a.navigator.share(d)},0)}))}})(window,document); Bereits seit Freitag wird ein Mann in München vermisst sucht die Polizei München nach einem 77-Jährigen Er verließ gegen 17.30 Uhr zu Fuß eine Pflegeeinrichtung in Bogenhausen Der Senior leidet an Demenz und ist weder räumlich noch zeitlich orientiert „Bisher durchgeführte Suchmaßnahmen führten bislang nicht zur Auffindung des Vermissten weshalb um Mithilfe bei der Suche gebeten wird“ Bei dem Vermissten handelt es sich um den 77-jährigen Norbert Paul Zum Zeitpunkt seines Verschwindens trug der Mann eine dunkle Trainingshose eine dunkle Weste mit hellem Innenfutter und offenen Schuhen soll die Polizei unter der Nummer 089/2910-0 oder über den Notruf 110 verständigen gegen 17 Uhr im Ortsbereich von Haßfurt gesehen und ist seitdem spurlos verschwunden Dieser Inhalt"+t(a)+"kann aufgrund Ihrer Datenschutz-Einstellungen nicht geladen werden How frequent was violence in prehistoric human societies One way to measure this is to look for trauma in prehistoric human remains a recent review of pre-Columbian remains found evidence of trauma from violence in 21% of males most studies of this kind focused on skulls and other parts of the skeleton but a potentially richer source of information are mummies Now in a new study in Frontiers in Medicine researchers use 3D computed tomography (3D CT) to examine three mummies from pre-Columbian South America conserved since the late 19th century in European museums “Here we show lethal trauma in two out of three South American mummies that we investigated with 3D CT The types of trauma we found would not have been detectable if these human remains had been mere skeletons,” said Dr Andreas G Nerlich a professor at the Department of Pathology of Munich Clinic Bogenhausen in Germany Nerlich and colleagues studied a male mummy at the ‘Museum Anatomicum’ of the Philipps University Marburg as well as a female and a male mummy at the Art and History Museum of Delémont Mummies can form naturally when dry environments soak up fluids from a decomposing body faster than the decay can proceed – conditions common in the southern zones of South America The Marburg mummy belonged to the Arica culture in today’s northern Chile and judging from the grave goods found with him he had well-preserved but misaligned teeth with some abrasions as is typical for pre-Columbian people who used maize as a staple food His lungs showed scars from past severe tuberculosis the authors estimated that he was a young man between 20 and 25 years old The Delémont mummies probably came from the region of Arequipa in today’s southwestern Peru based on the ceramics among the grave goods which is unusual for mummies from the highlands of South America Radiocarbon data showed that the man died between 902 and 994 CE They wore textiles woven from cotton and hairs of llamas or alpacas as well as vizcachas The state of the aorta and large arteries showed that the man suffered from calcifying arteriosclerosis in life The results show that both male mummies had died on the spot from extreme intentional violence The authors reconstructed that the Marburg mummy had died because either “one assaulter hit the victim with full force on the head and [a] second assaulter stab[bed] the victim (who still was standing or kneeing) in the back the same or another assaulter standing on the right side of the victim struck the head and then turned to the back of the victim and stabbed him.” the male mummy from Delémont showed “massive trauma against the cervical spine which represent most likely the cause of death The significant dislocation of the two cervical vertebral bodies itself is lethal and may have led to immediate death.” Only the female mummy had died of natural causes She also showed extensive damage to the skeleton Nerlich said: “The availability of modern CT-scans with the opportunity for 3D reconstructions offers unique insight into bodies that would otherwise not have been detected Previous studies would have either destroyed the mummy while X-rays or older CT-scans without three-dimensional reconstruction functions could not have detected the diagnostic key features we found here.” the study of human mummified material can reveal a much higher rate of trauma There are dozens of South American mummies which might profit from a similar investigation as done here we did here.” 10.3389/fmed.2022.962793 Trauma of Bone and Soft Tissues in South American Mummies – New Cases Provide Further Insight into Violence and Lethal Outcome The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system Copyright © 2025 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) where the brand has affiliates in the neighboring countries of Switzerland RIEDEL’s growth has mirrored that of Munich’s residential market double-digit price increases throughout much of the past decade The firm has also benefited from investments in technology and digital marketing as well as a bricks-and-mortar strategy that places offices in the heart of Munich’s most upscale neighborhoods as well as the nearby towns of Gräfelfing and Grünwald Amazon and Goldman Sachs also have a significant presence in the city alongside major German corporations including BMW as higher interest rates and tighter lending standards have taken hold home prices have pulled back from their peak sellers have to be very realistic about where the market is today versus one year ago,” said Riedel adding that the long-term outlook for Munich’s housing market is “very positive.” Christie’s International Real Estate offers RIEDEL agents and clients increased exposure for luxury properties a global referral network for international transactions an industry-leading marketing platform and exclusive partnerships including with Christie’s venerable auction house adds another level of white-glove service for real estate clients who want to sell or acquire fine art Christie’s International Real Estate has been expanding rapidly through new affiliations with independent brokerage firms around the world the brand has signed market-leading affiliates in London; Milan; Venice; the Italian Swiss and French Alps; Malta; Estonia; the Caribbean; and Japan Christie’s International Real Estate also has added affiliates in top U.S “RIEDEL is honored to be Munich’s exclusive affiliate for Christie’s International Real Estate a brand that aligns so well with our firm’s values and vision,” said Markus Riedel “The relationship will undoubtedly enhance our services and create exciting opportunities for our agents and clients.” “RIEDEL’s unwavering commitment to the highest level of service and 40-year track record in luxury property sales make them an ideal partner to carry the Christie’s International Real Estate brand into one of the world’s most beautiful and livable cities,” added Michael Golden Patients also profit from the keyhole technique with joint and bone problems in the knee By means of a five-fold magnification and very high resolution of the mini-camera on the endoscope this procedure offers high accuracy in the anatomical view and protection of organs Visceral surgery particularly benefits from the technique which triggered great euphoria when introduced into medicine over two decades ago it has not replaced open surgery in certain fields as a comparison with practice elsewhere shows According to current statistics presented by Professor Ayman Agha MD Endocrine and minimally invasive surgery at Munich-Bogenhausen this is the case for minimally invasive (laparoscopic) surgery for colorectal cancer The procedure is used in about half of the United Kingdom’s cases in Germany less than a third of cases involve laparoscopic surgery Although current evidence for both procedures shows them to be equivalent and even indicates advantages for laparoscopy Agha sees the following reasons behind European differences: For over 16 years Agha has led and supported clinical research projects in colorectal and endocrine MIS and he uses laparoscopy in 95 percent of rectal cancer operations.  when minimally invasive surgery (MIS) arrived it was feared that malignant colon and rectal carcinomas could not be removed hygienically and patient survival would be jeopardised Meanwhile several large-scale international studies rebutted those reservations  In terms of long-term outcome after MIS many patients are at least as likely to survive as after open surgery The relapse quota for a malignant tumour is still at least the same for both for chronically inflamed intestinal illnesses Agha believes that the decision on which surgical method to use should depend on whether patients have a benign or malignant illness – because tumour size and location (whether colon or rectum) and a patient’s body-mass index play a decisive role delivering razor-sharp images of the body’s interior to high-resolution monitors Despite rapid MIS development in recent years and especially outstanding technical equipment the question arises as to whether there are limits to MIS techniques common open surgery is still the standard procedure e.g In Agha’s opinion this also applies to large pancreatic or head tumours MIS can be applied with good results to benign and malignant pancreatic carcinomas found at the tail of the pancreas.  Much operating experience is necessary to perform successful keyhole surgery Significantly more time is needed for minimally invasive interventions than open surgery The German Society for General and Visceral Surgery offers a certification process whereby physicians must document a minimum number of operations After more than 20 years of experience it is pretty clear when the procedure is suitable and when it is better to operate using conventional methods In some cases the MIS has disadvantages that cannot be overlooked if earlier interventions left very large scars in the abdomen or if Technological progress eases the work of physicians with the use of ever-smaller instruments The modern devices are only millimetres in size delivering razor-sharp images of the body’s interior to high-resolution monitors the 3-D technology shortens the learning phase for new physicians Professor Ayman Agha MD has been head physician in the Clinic for General Vascular and Thoracic Surgery at the Munich-Bogenhausen Hospital since 2014 he gained his German school-leaving certificate at the University of Bonn in 1987 and took his state exams at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 1993 At the Clinic and Polyclinic for Surgery at the University Hospital Regensburg His clinical focuses are cancer and visceral surgery minimally-invasive surgery as well as chronically infected intestinal illnesses and endocrine surgery As a researcher he supervises and supports mainly clinical research projects in minimally invasive colorectal and endocrine surgery Excising the entire cancer tumour from the stomach prevents relapses This procedure can now be performed endoscopically Holger Zorn reports from the Visceral Medicine 2011 Congress in Leipzig Miniature robots often lack the strength to transport instruments for endoscopic microsurgery Scientists have pursued this idea to perform a surgical procedure wireless minimally invasive surgery systems This website uses cookies to give our readers the best website experience. Please refer to our privacy policy to find out how we use cookies and how you can edit your preferences München Klinik performs about seven million analyses as part of its patient care services These range from simple blood panels to malaria diagnoses These diagnostic procedures have previously been shared between all of München Klinik’s locations ultramodern central laboratory at its Neuperlach location it is adhering to its goal of being available on the spot at all times which is why its emergency labs will remain in place at its other hospital locations All labs will be equipped with the latest technology from Siemens Healthineers That’s the basis for the long-term innovation partnership agreement for laboratory diagnosis being entered into by München Klinik and Siemens Healthineers The objective of the partnership arrangement is to provide patients with high-quality medical lab services reflecting the state of the art at all of München Klinik’s locations Networking these centers will create an ultramodern The overall plan will significantly increase the level of automation in the labs That means the wealth of human expertise available can be utilized for the analyses while the automated “lab line” takes care of the actual sampling a lot more diagnoses can be processed more quickly ultramodern central lab will provide an assurance of high-quality and even more efficient care in the future,” says Dr “The main winners from this partnership will be our patients who will benefit from much faster and more accurate examinations our employees will spend less time on maintenance and repetitive manual tasks they will also benefit in the future from having a state-of-the-art working environment.” State-of-the-art lab diagnosis is an essential precondition for safe München Klinik performs more than seven million analyses overall as part of its patient care services The realignment process will see München Klinik invest about one billion Euros in total during the next few years in new premises and location upgrades That makes it one of the largest future-oriented projects in Germany’s healthcare industry major construction projects for München Klinik are running in parallel at the three locations of Schwabing a completely new laboratory is being built that will provide the ideal conditions for state-of-the-art diagnostics for all locations Since München Klinik deals with most emergency cases in the State capital decentralized labs serving the emergency departments will remain in place in addition to the central lab The new central lab in Neuperlach is scheduled to be completed by 2020 The project will also include fundamentally restructuring the fleet of lab devices in partnership with Siemens Healthineers “We won this tender against our main competitor scoring points with the clinical performance and potential efficiency gains offered by our new laboratory diagnostics platform Atellica Solution,” comments Bernd Ohnesorge Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Region at Siemens Healthineers “These are the main reasons for the major international customer interest in Atellica Solution especially among large central laboratories working in conjunction with satellite labs A study showed early adopters of Atellica Solution in Germany and in Europe as a whole focused on the advanced functions the system offered from transporting samples to prioritizing emergency samples We are looking forward to a very fruitful and long-term partnership with the München Klinik hospitals and will be sure to feed our collective experiences into the refinement process for Atellica Solution.” An important element in the agreement is the 29 Atellica Solution laboratory diagnostics systems which Siemens Healthineers will supply for the future central lab at the Neuperlach hospital location and three emergency labs The agreement also includes consulting services to improve workflows such as efficient logistics for sample transportation and automation solutions in off-peak times to take the load off the employees Plans are also in place for digital solutions to control lab management in addition to a number of multisector digital solutions The Atellica Solution lab system has been on the market since 2017 and is highly scalable to ensure compatibility with long-term growth Laboratories can use the platform to simplify test workflows and expand their capacities for testing patient samples on a modular basis This means they can both accommodate growing demand and compensate for declining reimbursement rates Atellica Solution uses bidirectional magnetic transport technology to transport samples ten times faster than a conventional conveyor belt In combination with a new sample management standard providing independent control of each individual sample emergency samples can also be prioritized with far less user input is the largest training facility in the healthcare industry in Bavaria München Klinik is a powerful hospital association that combines diagnostics and treatment for all diseases it is the first point of contact for primary medical care It provides innovative medical treatment and care to suit the patients and their needs About 135,000 patients are treated on a full or partial inpatient basis every year It is Germany’s second-largest municipal hospital company about 160,000 people are admitted at its four EDs representing more than 40 percent of all emergency cases in the city The hospitals are teaching hospitals at either Ludwig-Maximilian University or the Technical University of Munich Heiko JahrSiemens Healthcare GmbHHenkestr. 12791052 ErlangenGermany+49 162 2568150heiko.jahr@siemens-healthineers.com Raphael DieckeStädtisches Klinikum München GmbHThalkirchner Strasse 4880337 MunichGermany+49 89 45 22 79 - 492presse@muenchen-klinik.de ‘Contemporary palazzo’ housing project in Munich is designed by David Chipperfield and Studio Mark Randel The high-end residence represents a baton-passing from the established Chipperfield approach to Randel who is slowly finding his own design language.  and fighting for materials that are less refined,' he says in the subtle contrast between plaster applications and in the cast-bronze lattice balustrades – perhaps less ascetic than the typical project by Chipperfield the team erected a 1:1 model of the façade ahead of construction to test the materials against weather and determine the fit.  Euroboden spared little expense on this bowed residential street in moneyed Bogenhausen where every unit gets a sweeping view of parkland in one direction and city spires in the other equipped with a circular staircase of solid travertine as per the neighbourhood vernacular established by city planner Theodor Fischer during the Gründerzeit climbing from €20,000 per square metre for the ground-floor flat.  A certain buyer would recognise the value of living in a Chipperfield joint is lit from clerestory windows and a Viabizzuno pendant system from Munich lighting boutique Occhio The entry stairs – travertine again – were finessed by Munich’s top stone mason Visual interest comes through striations in the wood and the aforementioned imperfections ‘The luxury is understated,’ says Randel ‘It is walking barefoot on real wood living with all natural materials.’ In the main bathrooms Steininger carved soaker tubs from raw blocks of Travertini paradiso from Tuscany.  escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox Randel says hundreds of trades worked on site over ten years the occupants are left with birdsong from the serpentine gardens and a swish-swish from trees you can almost touch.  davidchipperfield.com  studiomarkrandel.com  kolberger5.euroboden.de  Ellen Himelfarb travels widely for her reports on architecture and design and The Globe and Mail in her native Canada Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information located about 45 minutes by car from the Alps and profusion of excellent restaurants make it one of the most desirable cities in Europe and Google have all recently opened new offices there “Munich itself is very charming,” says Leslie von Wangenheim a resident who works in the marketing department of real estate brokerage Duken & v It’s definitely not an ultra-urban-type environment.” managing director Snke OS and Stefan Vilsmeier Brainlab has announced the foundation of new subsidiary in a move that will allow Snke OS to market to a wider circle of industry startups Working out of its new headquarters in the Bogenhausen area of Munich the team is already developing a digital platform for surgery The software framework has over €500M invested over the last 30 years and is an established benchmark in operating room digitalisation for specific complex fields such as neurosurgery The features of its functionalities can now be used by third parties for a broad range of clinical applications Key factors are facilitating and accelerating the need to scale the digitisation of surgery Surgical interventions represent a substantial value driver for hospitals and the coronavirus pandemic has revealed the necessity for change startups and large companies in the pharma and medical technology industries can build on Snke OS technology and open interfaces to digitally saturate the operating room more efficiently and cost-effectively Snke OS will provide patient-specific model for precision procedures and optimised treatment methods It does this by combining a range of complex technologies: A universal statistical patient model aggregated from numerous diagnostic images which will create a digital representation of each patient this patient-specific model is correlated in relation to the precisely captured movements of the instruments used enabling accurate surgical navigation and verification making it possible for other medical technology companies to integrate their own solutions for imaging cloud computing and AI to more effectively tap into the possibilities of digitisation This expands the platform’s utility and opportunities in other surgical specialties like heart With further plans to expand, Brainlab has remained very active in recent times. Just this week, MobiHealthNews reported on Brainlab’s acquisition of Level Ex, a Chicago startup that makes medical-training video games for doctors. “Surgical procedures are still very analog,” said Stefan Vilsmeier, president and CEO of Brainlab. “With the data obtained from deep digitisation, efficiency deficits can be analysed and treatments individually optimised for each patient.”  Andreas Giese, managing director, Snke OS, explains: “The physical and organisational separation from Brainlab facilitates the expanded and dynamic development of our software architecture, which in turn expands its utility to a much broader spectrum of clinical challenges. Snke OS will deliver universal functionality across the healthcare data economy. 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Die Datenschutzerklärung habe ich zur Kenntnis genommen und akzeptiere diese Would you like to discover more beautiful things Eliza Parr selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter Where In the northern borough of Schwabing-Freimann which was known for its bohemian scene in the early 1900s The property is within five minutes’ walk of Englischer Garten which stretches from the city centre to the north-east of the city and is larger than New York’s Central Park What A penthouse on the top three floors of a 1940s apartment block with 4,069 sq ft of living space a private elevator and a garage with an electric charging station Why The top-floor position of the apartment gives unobstructed views across Munich from its rooftop terrace Who Christie’s International Real Estate/Riedel €685,000Where In a village in south-east Munich half an hour from the centre by public transport What A one-bedroom apartment with 807 sq ft of living space There is underfloor heating throughout the property and parquet flooring in the living room Why The mezzanine level gives the living room high ceilings while large latticed glass doors lead out on to a south-west-facing roof terrace Who Engel & Völkers just below the canal leading up to Nymphenburg Palace and its 490-acre park Marienplatz in the city centre is 20 minutes’ drive; the Olympic Park is about 10 minutes What A 3,455 sq ft house with five bedrooms first built in 1883 in a neo-Renaissance style has been modernised with features such as skylights a statement staircase and an underground whirlpool and steam room Who Christie’s International Real Estate/Riedel €4.95mnWhere In a residential area of Munich’s southernmost borough and close to the river Isar Solln train station is less than 10 minutes away on foot from which the city centre can be reached in 15 minutes three-bathroom house with 2,519 sq ft of interior space including a separate apartment which can be used as a guest house or home office The property has three outdoor terraces and a garden with a koi pond Why The listed property was built as a coach house in 1905 and was renovated in 2015 to combine its traditional characteristics with modern glass and timber features Who Engel & Völkers on the east side of Englischer Garten in the north of the city five bathrooms and 6,092 sq ft of living space while the basement houses a fitness area and sauna and a two-car garage adjoins the ground floor Why The west-facing garden and outdoor terrace can be accessed directly from the living room via large glass sliding doors There is also a terrace from the master bedroom Who Duken & v.Wangenheim AG Find out about our latest stories first — follow @FTProperty on Twitter or @ft_houseandhome on Instagram Injecting a chemotherapeutic agent into a tumour locally has gained ground in clinical practice but there is still some way to go before immunotherapy or other target agents are used in this setting The Chairman of the Department of Radiology and Minimally Invasive Therapy at Munich Klinik Bogenhausen made a case for more interdisciplinarity as he opened the session: ‘I’ve been lucky to work closely with oncologists and surgeons for many years,’ he said specialists dealing with oncological patients tend to stick to their specific therapies for a long time before they even consider trying something else joining efforts for our patients will be worthwhile.’ While he sympathised with oncologists being cautious about interventional oncological treatment options or even feeling “threatened” by interventional radiology Helmberger advocated that they should not hesitate to seek radiologists’ support to provide collaborative therapy concepts ‘Interventional oncology has proved its efficiency and safety in hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide When the first procedures were introduced 30 years ago tumour embolisation for hepatocellular cancer radioembolisation and thermal ablation – to name a few – are standard,’ he said.  Interventional oncology is much more interactive and challenging for radiologists because they have to think like an oncologist and learn about new terminology peripheral and cerebral vascular procedures remain at the core of interventional radiology’s scope One of the main obstacles to further deployment in oncology is the reluctance of many radiologists to work in this setting since it might be more demanding ‘Interventional oncology is much more interactive and challenging for radiologists because they have to think like an oncologist and learn about new terminology,’ Prof Helmberger said ‘They have to deal with patients who are often much sicker and they also have to advise their families just like a surgeon or an oncologist would.’  An aging population and increasing cost pressure on healthcare systems accelerate the trend for hospitals to deliver smart multimodality treatment options radiologists can provide more than just reading scans ‘You’ll have to learn to leave your comfort zone and step into the treatment field,’ he said ‘Interventional oncology is a very smart career choice for the new generation.’ The expert went into detail on the benefits of interventional oncology which can help oncologists manage systemic treatments’ side effects in patients local application of low dose chemo or immunotherapeutic agents can also allow disease control while significantly reducing side effects in patients with localised tumours in the lung or kidney.  Prof Helmberger reported on how he often carries out liver focused therapy such as chemoembolisation not just in hepatocellular cancer but also metastatic disease of colorectal cancer to help patients recuperate between chemo or immunotherapy cycles ‘Offering patients a pause helps them to recover oncologists may also decide whether further treatment is necessary or not if they see that their patients are getting better,’ he said.  Directly delivering treatment inside a tumour (intratumoral therapy) may have an impact not only in the lesion itself but also on other tumour locations in the body Head of the Medical Oncology Department at the University Hospital of Valencia if you inject a drug in a 2cm nodule of a given compound in the liver you may also get a response in a cervical node This reaction also applies to other parts of the body.’ Thus the goal is to use this treatment effect in a specific accessible lesion to combat additional cancers ‘The only requirement is that the tumour is at least 2cm in size and can be injected without the risk of a toxic event,’ he said.  Intratumoral immunotherapy is a strong area of development now; researchers are looking into what agents or drugs may stimulate the immune response more effectively when injected into a given tumour Some of the trials are exploring the efficiency of existing anti-cancer drugs that have not been FDA-approved in that context yet ‘We have huge preclinical evidence that this could be a very important finding but it’s still very early and we have to consider safety and toxicity issues,’ said Cervantes.  Together with his multidisciplinary team at INCLIVA Institute of Health Research the expert is working on advancing this approach ‘Radiologists need us because we have patients and we need them because they have the techniques and tools that may improve patients’ outcomes and help surgery develop further,’ he concluded.  Head of the Liver Surgery Department at the Humanitas Research Hospital in Milan explained how surgical oncology is moving towards minimally invasive treatments for the patient’s benefit.  Thomas Helmberger is Professor of Radiology and Chairman of the Department of Radiology and Minimally Invasive Therapy at Munich clinic Bogenhausen His medical specialties include diagnostic imaging of the abdominal and thoracic organs including functional and tissue-specific imaging (liver the spectrum of diagnostic and interventional vascular medicine Andrés Cervantes is Head of the Medical Oncology Department at the University Hospital of Valencia and Professor of Medicine at the University of Valencia He is the General and Scientific Director of the Institute of Health Research - INCLIVA His main areas of interest and research are gastrointestinal and gynaecological cancer as well as Phase I trials and new drugs development.  Radiotherapy Group clinicians at Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei (Ede the Netherlands) used their Esteya electronic brachytherapy system for the first time to treat a 73-year-old male patient… Radiotherapy always encounters particular challenges when a tumour is ‘mobile’ This is when radiotherapy must be carried out over several weeks Radiation therapy is an effective component of many cancer treatments but some patients experience severe side effects A new study shows that hyperbaric oxygen therapy can provide long-term relief A young child found in an unmarked coffin in an Austrian crypt was exceptionally well preserved and his bones and organs show signs of rickets and pneumonia By Christa Lesté-Lasserre A close-up of the mummified child’s hand An infant born into an aristocratic Austrian family in the 17th century died overweight but may have been deficient in vitamin D according to researchers who conducted a “virtual autopsy” on the mummified body Scans of the surprisingly well-preserved body revealed knobbly extensions on the rib joints typical of rickets, caused by lack of vitamin D, as well as thick layers of fat – which probably helped the tissues mummify. The findings suggest the child was overfed and underexposed to sunlight, leading to his death, says Andreas Nerlich at the Academic Clinic Munich-Bogenhausen in Germany Nerlich and his colleagues examined the infant’s remains after an unmarked wooden coffin was discovered in a crypt near a castle in Upper Austria The crypt had constant airflow and a stable temperature which probably helped dry out the child’s body “We have here one of the very rare cases where such an aristocratic infant spontaneously mummified – and was available for a scientific investigation,” he says combined with records of the crypt’s construction led the researchers to estimate that the child was buried approximately 400 years ago Given the infant’s approximate age at death – between 10 and 18 months old – and silk wraps indicative of aristocratic birth they suspect the child was Reichard Wilhelm the first-born son of the Count of Starhemberg Based on computed tomography (CT) scans of the body the researchers confirmed that the child was male and his bone measurements and tooth eruption were consistent with a child of about a year old Scans of his rib bones revealed rachitic rosary a condition typical of severe cases of rickets Rickets results primarily from a lack of vitamin D which the body produces when exposed to ultraviolet sun rays While his leg bones weren’t bowed – a tell-tale sign of rickets in older children – that may have been because the infant wasn’t walking yet suggesting he may have died of pneumonia – a disease known to occur more frequently in children with rickets “The combination of obesity along with a severe vitamin deficiency can only be explained by a generally ‘good’ nutritional status along with an almost complete lack of sunlight exposure,” says Nerlich It is unclear whether this combination of traits was common but early infant death rates were generally high compared with today in upper social classes during the Renaissance Frontiers in Medicine DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.979670 Read more: Origin of Black Death finally found in bacteria from Kyrgyzstan graves The leading authority for the Architecture & Design community Recharge in a Restored Spanish Farmhouse in Menorca Every century-old house has a past, but the landmarked 1929 Villa Bogenhausen in Munich has layers of history—personal, architectural, social—all of which factored into the recent makeover of its interiors by Arnold/Werner Architekten Designed by prominent local architect Robert Seitz in a simplified château style transitioning into Modernism four-level residence was confiscated from its Jewish owners in 1933 and only restituted to the family after World War II they sold the stately house to be used for commercial purposes By the time the villa’s current occupants—a family of five—acquired the property recently The building’s original architectural elements The kitchen was water damaged and outdated with grand public spaces on a ceremonial ground floor including an impressive entrance gallery and a living room and smoking parlor that form a handsome enfilade opening onto a wide terrace The oak parquet and marble floors were finely crafted but showing serious signs of age a spiral marble staircase—lightened by a delicate wrought-iron railing of winding tendrils—was in particular need of TLC The owner engaged two firms—Hilmer Sattler Architekten and Schindhelm Architekten—to restore and stabilize the building’s shell and systems and to earn permits from the city’s preservation agency Arnold/Werner was brought on board to tackle the interior that or precision acupuncture in the form of new built-ins led by interior architects Ulrike Buhl and Tim Honkomp proceeded as if they had two clients—the family and the house itself—both of whom they “interviewed” in depth Done in collaboration with the two other firms the interrogation of the villa comprised painstaking study and documentation of the building so that any interventions would understand involved a series of formal and informal meetings aimed at ensuring that the recast interior fit exactly their expectations and living patterns The family conversations established that the house needed to operate equally well at an intimate scale with before-school breakfasts in a homey kitchen since the parents regularly hold receptions for up to 50 people less casual areas to be “welcoming,” Honkomp reports they asked that the private quarters on the upper floors be “more relaxed—and calm.” the checkerboard marble floor in the entrance gallery and the herringbone oak parquet in the three large rooms were restored and their walls painted distinctive custom hues: pale-gray and white for the gallery and living room; salmon pink for the doors and dado paneling in the dining room; and watermelon red for the walls and ceiling in the smoking parlor “We needed colors that would read at night in candlelight and dim illumination,” Honkomp notes The designers used custom light fixtures throughout including striking chandeliers composed of overlapping brass rings in the gallery and living room “We wanted what we added to be contemporary,” Buhl says.  though Modernist in its time—designed in what Honkomp describes as “Mallet-Stevens style”—was conceived for a large staff The remade facility includes an adjacent mudroom for transitioning after sports; a large granite-top island incorporating an informal dining counter where parents can help kids with homework; and tucked behind an end wall of dark oak slats that also conceals the refrigerator and other appliances a professional galley kitchen where a chef prepares most meals Working surfaces and undercounter cabinets are stainless steel while the walls are paneled in oiled white oak “to warm the room for a cozier feeling,” Buhl says the original layout for the main suite and two guest bedrooms was retained The large bathrooms were simply updated with sleek modern fixtures set on custom marble counters An elegant extension to the spiral stairs gives access to the previously undeveloped attic space which now houses the children’s bedrooms a couple of which boast mezzanine sleeping lofts The basement also underwent a major transformation including the creation of an authentic hammam—an expansive sequence of cool all of them clad in Carrara marble and furnished with custom tubs and massage tables carved from the same material It speaks to the rich architectural ambiguity established by the original house—and to the aesthetic judgement of the current design team—that this serene but sumptuous Turkish bath looks and feels part of the villa’s DNA.  A mummy image of an ancient Egyptian boy next to a 3D facial reconstruction - ET while X-rays or older CT-scans without three-dimensional reconstruction functions could not have detected the diagnostic key features we found here.” Friend of GTspirit Melanie Meder got to witness two of the three Bugatti Veyron’s currently touring Germany as part of the Chinese Dragon Path Rally The Bugatti’s arrived at The Westin Grand hotel this afternoon in Bogenhausen The Veyron’s arrived together with a Mercedes-Benz V-Class and a brand new Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe Aston Martin One-77 and Koenigsegg One:1 were not to be seen although we suspect they will join the group later today The Dragon Path Rally appears to be touring Germany travelling through a number of big cities and taking in the picturesque German countryside it is still extremely interesting to see this particular group of Chinese tourists going to such extremes as to register their cars in Germany for the tour Unfortunately the Koenigsegg One:1 hasn’t been spotted for a couple of days We’re hoping that it has just been keeping a low profile rather than suffering from problems We do know that the group has use of at least one transport truck so it is possible that the One:1 is being transported rather than driven the distance and website in this browser for the next time I comment and even dense jungle vegetation are some of the most exclusive properties in the world Point2Homes an international real estate listings database compiled a list of the most expensive homes you can buy in 28 different countries From a palatial dwelling in Russia to a tropical paradise in Costa Rica, these pricey properties are pretty incredible Source: Sotheby's Source: Christie's Source: Sotheby's Source: Point2Homes Source: Sotheby's Source: Invidiata Source: Sotheby's Source: Sotheby's Source: Christie's Source: Christie's Source: Wangenheim Source: Sotheby's Source: Sotheby's Source: Sotheby's Source: Sotheby's Source: House 24 Source: Sotheby's Source: Christie's Source: Lepidus Source: Finn Source: Christie's Source: Knight Frank Source: Sotheby's Source: Prime Property Marbella Source: Sotheby's Source: AYIKCAN Real Estate Source: Christie's It's 1913, the calm before the storm of World War I. The Isar river glistens in the autumn sun, colourful leaves are carried through the air in the Bogenhausen district \"Herzogpark\" in the soft, warm September wind. In the midst of this idyll, apparently in a time vacuum, a magnificent residential building, the Thomas Mann Villa, rises into the air after a record construction speed of only a few months at the former Poschingerstraße 1. From now on it is to serve as a domicile for none other than Thomas Mann, one of the greatest German writers of the 20th century, who moved in with his wife and four children as early as January 1914. The villa is proudly called \"City Palace\" because of its pompous appearance or \"Poschi\" because of its location. In the next few years, the \"Poschi\" serves Thomas Mann as a retreat to write important works. In his study, the so-called \"Lord's Room\", he puts \"Herr und Hund\" on paper, among other things, in which he also raves about the Herzogpark surrounding him: \"This is not a forest and not a park, this is a magic garden, no more and no less\". But only a few months later the idyllic life takes a turn. The Reichstag elections in 1930 gave the National Socialists a huge increase in votes, and Thomas Mann devoted his next few years to resistance against right-wing extremism. February 11, 1933, finally becomes the day when Thomas Mann sees his villa for the last time. During the Second World War the \"Poschi\" was seriously destroyed by a bombing raid in 1944. \"The house, bombed several times, preserved in outline, inside, already changed before, completely destroyed\", Thomas Mann's son Klaus writes in his diary when, two days after the end of the war, as a US soldier, he looks at the condition of his parents' house to report on it. It breaks Thomas Mann's heart. It's 1913, the calm before the storm of World War I. The Isar river glistens in the autumn sun, colourful leaves are carried through the air in the Bogenhausen district "Herzogpark" in the soft, warm September wind. In the midst of this idyll, apparently in a time vacuum, a magnificent residential building, the Thomas Mann Villa, rises into the air after a record construction speed of only a few months at the former Poschingerstraße 1. From now on it is to serve as a domicile for none other than Thomas Mann, one of the greatest German writers of the 20th century, who moved in with his wife and four children as early as January 1914. The villa is proudly called "City Palace" because of its pompous appearance or "Poschi" because of its location. In the next few years, the "Poschi" serves Thomas Mann as a retreat to write important works. In his study, the so-called "Lord's Room", he puts "Herr und Hund" on paper, among other things, in which he also raves about the Herzogpark surrounding him: "This is not a forest and not a park, this is a magic garden, no more and no less". During the Second World War the "Poschi" was seriously destroyed by a bombing raid in 1944. "The house, bombed several times, preserved in outline, inside, already changed before, completely destroyed", Thomas Mann's son Klaus writes in his diary when, two days after the end of the war, as a US soldier, he looks at the condition of his parents' house to report on it. It breaks Thomas Mann's heart. Would you like to ask the author a question? Help others by being the first to add a review ...var cex1 = "cmVzZXJ2aWVydW5nQGJvZ2VuaGF1c2VyaG9mLmRl";var dex1 = atob(cex1);dex1 = decodeURIComponent(escape(dex1));jQuery(document).ready(function() {jQuery(".ex1").html(""+dex1+"");});+49 89 985 586.bogenhauserhof.de Changes are part of life. It is all the more pleasant when they turn out to be positive. This is the case with the makeover of the traditional Bogenhauser Hof. A restaurant with 200 years of history, which has been a regular host of politicians such as Franz Josef Strauß and Edmund Stoiber due to its proximity to the Bavarian parliament. After almost two years of renovation, the classicist building in the Bogenhausen district has been sporting a modern look since early summer 2023. Guests can dine in two differently designed rooms in the basement: The hunting room with terrace access is adorned with dark wallpaper, oval marble tables and green velvet sofas. In contrast, the main dining room next door is a delight with spacious, violet-coloured separates and a chic bar complete with a flowery sky. Three themed rooms on the upper floor (from the champagne room with flamingo wallpaper to the elegant wine bar), which can be rented for private events, and a large beer garden complete the varied seating options in the new Bogenhauser Hof. The courteous service of the 28-member Bogenhauser Hof team is the responsibility of the charming manager Stephan Fobo, who previously worked at Munich's speciality restaurant The Grill, among others. In short, the combined expertise in upscale cuisine and Bavarian cordiality makes the transformation from Bogenhauser Hof to a modern restaurant with a historical background more than successful. Bitte schicken Sie mir bis zum Widerruf meiner Einwilligung den Newsletter mit Informationen zu neuen Beiträgen. Die Datenschutzerklärung habe ich zur Kenntnis genommen und akzeptiere diese. ...var cex1 = "aW5mb0BhY3F1YXJlbGxvLmNvbQ==";var dex1 = atob(cex1);dex1 = decodeURIComponent(escape(dex1));jQuery(document).ready(function() {jQuery(".ex1").html(""+dex1+"");});+49 89 470 484 8.www.acquarello.com "Cucina del Sole" - the name alone calls for holidays and summer! Of wonderfully juicy-sweet tomatoes, the scent of fresh basil, aromatic olive oil and homemade pasta. How fitting, then, that Mario Gamba's top Italian gastronomy calls itself the "cuisine of the sun". The former interpreter learned his culinary skills from the best chefs in the world, including the Frenchman Alain Chapel and the German Heinz Winkler when he worked at the legendary Tantris in Munich. Mario Gamba has also beguiled the palates of stars like Elton John and Madonna with his Mediterranean "Cucina del Sole". No wonder his temple of pleasure in the fine Bogenhausen district regularly features in rankings such as "Top 50: The World's Best Italian Restaurants Outside Italy" or "The World's 100 Best Restaurants". In 2021, Mario Gamba was also named Chef of the Year by the "Gambero Rosso Top Italian Restaurant Guide". "For my profession, you need curiosity, openness, dedication and enthusiasm," explains the Italian-born chef. For his refined dishes, he uses the best seasonal ingredients and conjures up modern interpretations of Mediterranean classics such as carpaccio of Fassone beef with paprika-papaya relish or saltimbocca of scallops. All the dishes at Acquarello are almost painterly in their presentation, which explains the restaurant's name (Aquarello). Fittingly, the brightly decorated restaurant with turquoise colour accents is adorned with murals depicting fictitious Italian-Antique landscapes. This may seem a little out of time and kitschy, but it still shows a certain charm. After all, we are talking about the poetic-sounding "Cucina del Sole" here - pathos is definitely desired! Thomas Tuchel spent yesterday purposely removed from the Bundesliga title race An exasperated Bayern Munich head coach had said he would not be watching Borussia Dortmund’s visit to Augsburg he had an alternative form of masochism in mind: “I’ll be looking at our game again — if I can manage it.” Bayern’s penultimate fixture in the tightest championship duel in Europe’s leading leagues looks very much like the defeat that ends an era uninterrupted holders of the Bundesliga Shield since 2013 failed to hold a lead at home to RB Leipzig and lost 3-1 news reached Tuchel that Dortmund had beaten 10-man Augsburg Cosmos » History In a creepy discovery published just in time for Halloween (or, alternatively, Children’s Week…) a collaboration of German scientists have performed a ‘virtual autopsy’ on a mummified toddler’s body Buried in a wooden coffin that was slightly too small and deformed the skull the young child’s body appeared to be both obese and malnourished Researchers say the findings might provide a rare insight into historical Austrian aristocratic society scientists were able to perform a ‘virtual autopsy’ on the mummy which was naturally mummified in the conditions of the crypt Well-preserved soft tissue showed the child was a boy and radiocarbon dating suggests a date of death between 1550 and 1635 CE Vitamin D is found in foods like salmon but we typically only get around 10% of our required Vitamin D from our diets – the rest is made by our bodies when exposed to ultraviolet B (UVB) from the sun “The combination of obesity along with a severe vitamin-deficiency can only be explained by a generally ‘good’ nutritional status along with an almost complete lack of sunlight exposure,” said Dr Andreas Nerlich of the Academic Clinic Munich-Bogenhausen and lead researcher The child appears to have died from pneumonia judging by the evidence of inflammation in the lungs Rickets is known to make children more vulnerable to pneumonia but that this condition may have also led to his untimely demise “We have to reconsider the living conditions of high aristocratic infants of previous populations,” said Nerlich Read more: Mummified Medieval child died of Hep B, not smallpox Relatively little is known about aristocratic childhood in the late Renaissance period so these mummified remains give key insights into life in Europe of a period generally known for its fervent creativity and intellectual development “but as we know that the early infant death rates generally were very high at that time our observations may have considerable impact in the over-all life reconstruction of infants even in higher social classes.” researchers scoured historical records of the crypt and the family to whom the crypt belonged although he was dressed in an expensive silk hooded coat The unmarked coffin appeared to have been slightly too small for the body such that the skull became deformed and was the only infant buried amongst the identifiable adult metal coffins in the crypt Historical records of renovations on the crypt confirmed the radiocarbon dating indicating the child was likely buried sometime after 1600 CE The crypt belonged to the Counts of Starhemberg and traditionally was kept exclusively for the burial of heirs to their titles making the body likely to be that of the first-born (and only) son “We have no data on the fate of other infants of the family,” Nerlich said the infant was most probably [the count’s] first-born son after erection of the family crypt prosecutors and forensics experts are facing a mystery after a 10-year-old boy found a human mummy in a sarcophagus in a corner of his grandparents' attic A CT scan has revealed a well-preserved human skull with an arrow sticking out of the left eye socket and large parts of a skeleton with the arms crossed over the chest the local newspaper Kreiszeitung has reported Adding to the riddle is a death mask also found in the box and the fact that X-rays show a metal layer covering the bones of the 1.49-metre-long (4 feet 8 inches) human remains of unknown gender had in the 1950s travelled to North Africa and may have brought back the mummy as a grisly souvenir The bandages used for the mummy -- which has not been unwrapped for fear of damaging the remains -- date from the 20th century and are machine-woven Pathologist Andreas Nerlich of Munich's Bogenhausen hospital told news website Spiegel Online that "What we have are questions upon questions" since the boy Police and prosecutors have taken note of the case in the town of Diepholz and are waiting for more information on where the body came from before looking into the possibility of modern-age foul play "We'll wait until we know how old the bones are," police spokesman Frank Bavendiek told German news agency DPA then it's a mummy and we won't investigate." Cancer – one word that turns the patients’ world upside down they often face an unnerving series of exams and treatments The complex form of machine learning DLIR (Deep Learning Image Reconstruction) is based on a deep neuronal network which is similar to the human brain The artificial neurons of this network learn… AI algorithms are making their way not just into diagnostic workstations but will also in future be found in the diagnostic methods themselves News in Science Friday, 24 October 2008 Rossella LorenziDiscovery News Ancient DNA is shining light on just how long malaria has been around (Source: iStockphoto) Malaria DNA has been found in two mummies from the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes providing clear evidence for the earliest known cases of the disease Pathologist Dr Andreas Nerlich and colleagues, from the Academic Teaching Hospital München-Bogenhausen in Munich, Germany, presented their research this week in Naples at an international conference on ancient DNA Nerlich and colleagues studied 91 bone tissue samples from ancient Egyptian mummies and skeletons dating from 3500 to 500 BC Using special techniques from molecular biology such as DNA amplification and gene sequencing the researchers identified ancient DNA for the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in tissues from two mummies "We now know for sure that malaria was endemic in ancient Egypt This was only been speculated on the basis reports by [the 5th century BC Greek historian] Herodotus and some very faint evidence from ancient Egyptian papyri," says Nerlich Caused by four different kinds of parasites belonging to the Plasmodium family - falciparum ovale and vivax - malaria is transmitted to humans through a bite from an infected female Anopheles mosquito It produces the most severe form of malaria characterised by symptoms that include undulating high fever Although it is believed that malaria widely affected humanity long before the Greek physician Hippocrates wrote the first clinical description of the disease in 400 BC The ancient DNA for the parasite was found in a Roman infant dating back to the 5th century AD both positive cases came from two different tomb complexes at Thebes-West dating from the New Kingdom until Late Period (1500 to 500 BC)," Nerlich says which mostly contains the remains of upper class ancient Egyptians "Both infected mummies were adults and had some mild signs of chronic anaemia no further information is available since they came from 'no name burials' the location of their tombs in the necropolis strongly suggests that they were of high class local descent," Nerlich says The wealth of these people did not provide them with protection against diseases Nerlich and colleagues discovered that most people buried at the site died between the ages of 20 and 30 "Our discovery adds another infectious disease to the spectrum of palaeomicrobiology in ancient Egypt further explaining the influence of infectious diseases on such low life expectancy," says Nerlich which has shaped history by decimating invading armies and making villages in the grip of the fever hard to colonise Today the disease kills between one and three million people most of whom live in the world's poorest countries Nerlich and colleagues believe that their work in identifying one of the earliest forms of the disease may help develop new treatments "We are now hopeful we can identify the 'precursor' of malaria pathogens," says Nerlich According to anatomist and palaeopathologist Dr Frank Rühli, head of the Swiss Mummy Project at the University of Zurich the discovery is important because it is "based on reliable molecular detection of pathogen ancient DNA." "This study adds new insights into the evolutionary prevalence of a disease which still kills millions of people worldwide It also highlights again the enormous importance of ancient mummy research for modern clinical medicine," says Rühli Tags: malaria, archaeology, genetics Email the editor Use these social-bookmarking links to share Egyptian mummies trace malaria's roots By clicking 'Send to a friend' you agree ABC Online is not responsible for the content contained in your email message Get ABC Science’s weekly newsletter Science Updates © David Chipperfield ArchitectsThe winning scheme features a sculptural ensemble formed of three large volumes. A tall tower along Richard-Strauss-Straße is complemented by a connecting building wing and a lower tower. While the tower along the street front responds to existing high-rise schemes in the immediate context, the open ground floor plan creates a flowing connection to the adjacent park, thus forming a complimentary vertical and horizontal program. © David Chipperfield ArchitectsThe delicate structure remains visible through the building’s fully glazed façade, creating an intriguing sense of depth while maintaining a visual connection between the interior and surrounding landscape. Indeed, the jury noted that a crucial factor in Chipperfield’s success was the urban planning and use of landscape to integrate the building with its surroundings. © David Chipperfield ArchitectsNews via: David Chipperfield Architects You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email Email: Email Us Here Website: Visit Our Website