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Dáša Bohačiaková and her colleagues have grown Alzheimer's disease in vitro on brain organoids, describing the development of a familial form of the disease at a very early stage of development, thus providing not only a tool for studying the mechanisms of the disease, but also for testing substances that could prevent its occurrence.

Cerebral organoids grown at the Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine are used for research into Alzheimer's disease. Scientists believe that miniature brain models can also contribute to drug development.

In January 2024, the following doctoral students became new graduates of doctoral study programmes at the Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine by successfully completing their studies and defending their dissertations:

On January 25, 2024, a significant international event was held at the Simulation Centre of the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University. The workshop titled "Everything you need to know about submitting a European Multinational Clinical Study Proposal" attracted the attention of experts from all over Europe. The event was jointly organized by the infrastructures CZECRIN and SLOVACRIN.

On the occasion of being awarded the Gold Medal of Masaryk University, Professor Jiří Mayer looked back on his two terms as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 2010 to 2018.

The first meeting of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University this year took place on 25 January 2024.

Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine has launched a brand new Certified Interdisciplinary Therapy in Neurorehabilitation course for physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and general nurses.

During his professional career, infectologist Jiří Kubek experienced the eradication of smallpox, the first patients with HIV, and even the memorable hepatitis epidemic in 1979. He spent the last eleven years before his retirement at the Infectious Diseases Department of the Brno Prison Hospital. He is said to have retired among the inmates.

Obstructive sleep apnea is the second most common sleep disorder in the world. A wearable electronics device is set to revolutionise its treatment. Canadian scientist Adam Williamson is working on its development at the International Clinical Research Centre of the Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University and St. Anne's University Hospital in Brno.

After two years, the Japanese Ambassador Hideo Suzuki again visited the Faculty of Medicine of MU during his business trip to Brno, this time accompanied by the Minister of Health of the Czech Republic Vlastimil Válek. The Dean of the Faculty Martin Repko welcomed the visit in his office, where he and the Vice Dean for English Studies and Internationalisation Lubomír Křivan also met with several students from Japan.