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As part of a nationwide programme, simulation-based education will be developed at the Faculty of General Medicine from a grant of HUF 800 million. Some of the new assets added include lifelike patient simulators capable of producing symptoms, as well as a 3D anatomical board.

World-class technical developments will be realised in the Biomechanical Laboratory of the University of Debrecen. The high-tech devices, including the 3D printer capable of producing metal bone prosthetics, were dedicated at the 25th anniversary celebration of the laboratory.

Foreign students of the University of Debrecen presented their traditional clothing and folk dances at a gala evening on 26 October, which was part of the series of events that commemorates the 100-year tradition of medical education at UD.

A special micro CT was introduced at the University of Debrecen on Wednesday. The machine, which is unique in Hungary, will be used to study bone structures around dental implants, and is able to provide images with resolutions up to 350 nanometre.

The series of events celebrating the centenary of the education of medical doctors at UD began with a gala evening. Over the last one hundred years, 14,000 students obtained medical doctor degree at University Debrecen. At the event five major professors of the medical faculty was awarded.

The teaching of microsurgery that takes place at the University of Debrecen and of an internationally unique quality were also on the agenda of the 14th Congress of International Society for Experimental Microsurgery (ISEM) held at the Kölcsey Culture Centre between Aug 23 and 25.

Clinical pharmaceutical investigations have been going on at the University of Debrecen for twenty-five years and the Pharmaceutical Development Coordination Centre established five years ago has raised the study of the most recent therapies about to be introduced to a new level.

Experts from the University of Debrecen may become instrumental in establishing a new center of oncology in Nigeria. A delegation of health scientists from this African country held discussions on related cooperation possibilities at Egyetem tér [University Square] on Tuesday.

Novel cartilage cell research is underway at the University of Debrecen. It investigates the role of so-called „clock genes” in regulating cartilage tissue formation. The programme has won the Premium postdoctoral research support of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

New therapeutic options for atopic eczema are being sought at the Department of Dermatology and Allergology at the University of Debrecen. Research has found that, in the treatment of the frequent skin disease, immunotherapy for hay fever can be effective.

How ultrasound testing effects a developing nervous system is the question that scientists of the University of Debrecen try to find answers to in a research project of embryology. Their research findings may even contribute to the therapy of individual neurodegenerative illnesses.

The new research that deals with a hetherto rarely studied field of the brain can even help in understanding the development of Alzheimer’s Disease. The neuron-glia interaction is examined at the University of Debrecen using a nationally unique method.

The method used for fetal DNA testing from the mother’s blood can also be used for the detection of tumours, cardiovascular diseases and infections. The latest research results in this field were recently presented at an international conference held at the University of Debrecen.

Hungarian and international experts discussed the novel approach to the teaching of anatomy, innovative digital techniques, as well as the most recent results of neuroscience, clinical anatomy, cell and developmental biology at the University of Debrecen.

About 3600 fresh graduates can receive their degrees at the University of Debrecen in the following weeks: hirek.unideb.hu provides live coverage of the graduation ceremonies.

Medical students at the University of Debrecen are learning about jet-lag, travel-induced stress, holiday traumas and preparation of patients with chronic diseases on a travel medicine course considered to be unique in Europe.

The number of individuals diagnosed with autism is on the rise. At Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Ward of Kenézy Hospital, there are as many as 50 new cases treated every year, which is twice the amount of the cases 15 years ago.

According to the rank list published today by the QS World University Rankings, the University of Debrecen belongs to the international elite in three educational fields.

The Department of Hematology of the Clinical Center has been added sterile wards and it has also received state-of-the-art medical equipment recently. The new BMT unit may significantly improve the life expectancy of hematological patients and make the national waiting lists shorter in the future.

State-of-the-art quality medical hand instruments, offered by Medicor Kéziműszer Zrt. for free, provide substantial help in the practical programs of first-year students of the University of Debrecen in medicine and dentistry. This year, the students received as many as 764 practicing sets.

The molecular causes of the onset of Alzheimer's and Huntington diseases is the research topic of this year’s winner of the “Debrecen Award for Molecular Medicine,” Franz-Ulrich Hartl. The memorial plaque was presented to Professor Hartl at the University of Debrecen on 13 December.

The Government of India donated a collection of approximately five hundred volumes to the University of Debrecen. The books on Ayurvedic Medicine were presented to Prof. Zoltán Szilvássy, Rector, by Mr. Rahul Chhabra, the Ambassador of India to Hungary, on Monday.

A unique research project started at the University of Debrecen, which aims to examine the causes of diseases of high public health importance, thereby contributing to their prevention and significantly increasing the competitiveness of the Hungarian economy.

Times Higher Education, which released its latest thematic rankings on November 8th, ranked the medical program offered at the University of Debrecen among the best programs available in the world. The programs in medicine and health sciences are ranked in the top 401-500 category.

An early detection of dementia is possible through administering a brief cognitive test that takes only a couple of minutes to complete and is available as of now at the UD, too. Such a sensitive and quick method for screening signs of mental deterioration has never been used before in Hungary.