Entries by kapcarova

Science and football? Why not…

Recently, the Deník Employee League football tournament took place, which was attended by a team consisting of employees of St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno and its International Clinical Research Center. Our colleagues certainly did not disgrace, they took fourth place in the strong competition. Nevertheless, we clearly stood out among all the participants, because a […]

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The COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be tested in Brno as well

The International Clinical Research Center of St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno (FNUSA-ICRC) is likely to be one of the institutions in which the COVID-19 vaccine will be tested. The center is now negotiating with the manufacturer to carry out the study, which should be performed with hundreds of volunteers. Research to find an effective vaccine […]

Magnetic resonance imaging in patients with sarcoidosis using parametric mapping

Sarcoidosis is a disease of uncertain origin that affects multiple systems, but especially the respiratory tract. The formation of granulomas is typical – therefore sarcoidosis is one of the granulomatous diseases. Granulomas are deposits in tissue in which cells of the immune system respond to a hitherto unknown stimulus. Sarcoidosis more often affects women than […]

Taking a glance at biological processes with DNA nanosensors

Nanomedicine is one of the latest branches of medicine that uses DNA nanotechnology, the artificial structure of nucleic acids. In the study entitled “Dissecting the intracellular signaling and fate of a DNA nanosensor by super-resolution and quantitative microscopy”, researchers from the Cardiovascular System – Mechanobiology (CSM) team of the International Clinical Research Center of St. Anne’s University […]

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Patient’s story: I was lucky, the help came quickly

Karolína Vařáková (28 years old) is a young woman who, as a student at the age of 21, suffered a stroke. She survived the stroke and has no sequelae, although she still has to take medication. After recovery, she participated as a volunteer in the preventive educational program of the Cerebrovascular Research Team of the International Clinical […]

Kardiovize 2030 saves lives

The new principal investigator of the research team Kardiovize 2030 of the International Clinical Research Center of St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno (FNUSA-ICRC) became Juan Pablo Gonzalez Rivas MD. Congratulations on obtaining this prestigious position, and because the journey of Dr. Rivas from Venezuela to Brno was not easy, we asked him for a short […]

New challenge for the Clinical Trials Department – COVID-19 vaccination study

Ing. Lucie Tesárková is the interim head of the Clinical Trials Department of the International Clinical Research Center of St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno (FNUSA-ICRC). On this occasion, we asked her for a short interview, where she would present the activities of the department and describe plans for the future. How would you describe the activities of […]

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New patent and utility model from scientists from FNUSA-ICRC

The Czech patent and utility model (ie protection provided by technical solutions that are new, go beyond mere professional skills and that are industrially applicable) are the latest results of the work of scientists from the International Clinical Research Center of St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno (FNUSA-ICRC). The new solutions will help patients with cardiac […]

Publication from Loschmidt’s labs scored overseas

An article by authors from the Loschmidt Laboratories of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University in Brno and the FNUSA-ICRC Protein Engineering research team was also selected among the twenty-five most influential articles in the prestigious ACS Catalysis magazine in its ten years of existence. Dr. Stanislav Mazurenko, prof. RNDr. Zbyněk Prokop Ph.D. and […]

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Promising results of the bone biomaterial test

Czech-Finnish cooperation of the research team Cardiovascular Systems – Mechanobiology (CSM) of The International Clinical Research Center of St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno (FNUSA-ICRC) and the Department of Biomaterials Science at the University of Turku has its first results. An article entitled “Biomaterial and implant induced ossification: in vitro and in vivo findings” was published […]