Publications by authors named "M Wehmeier"

Article Synopsis
  • Antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) provide a faster and cheaper alternative to RT-PCR for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2, but their reliability with Omicron variants is unclear.
  • A study comparing Ag-RDT performance to RT-PCR indicated an overall sensitivity of 63.7% and highlighted that sensitivity is significantly lower for Omicron variants (64.1%) compared to wild-type SARS-CoV-2 (70.0%).
  • Despite decreased sensitivity for lower viral loads and Omicron variants, Ag-RDTs remain a vital tool for quick and accessible SARS-CoV-2 detection in clinical settings.
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Background: New concepts for a more effective anti-cancer therapy are urgently needed. Experimental flaws represent a major counter player of this development and lead to inaccurate and unreproducible data as well as unsuccessful translation of research approaches into clinics. In a previous study we have created epithelial cell cultures from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) tissue.

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Musical interventions in therapy have become increasingly relevant for rehabilitation in many clinics. What was long known for physiotherapy training-that the agency of the participant is crucial and moving is much more efficient for rehabilitation success than being moved-has over recent years also been shown to be true for music therapy. Accumulating evidence suggests that active musical interventions are especially efficient at helping rehabilitation success.

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The rapid and reliable detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is of high importance for individual patient care and hospital infection prevention. We aimed to evaluate the performance of the Sofia SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid diagnostic test (Ag-RDT) in comparison to real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We conducted a prospective, monocentric cross-sectional study in an emergency department of a German university hospital from November 2020 to March 2021.

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