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Excellent family-friendly: University receives seal of quality for variety of funding
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Good news: The Apollon University of Applied Sciences in Bremen receives the seal of quality due to its offer of funding “excellent family friendly”.
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December 13, 2022
The compatibility of work, education and family is not always a matter of course. All the better when barriers are abolished – as at the Apollon University in Bremen. The University of Applied Sciences was awarded the seal of quality for two more years as part of a festive ceremony “excellent family friendly” awarded by the RKW Bremen. It is already the third certification since 2017.
The reason for this is the variety of different offers for students and also for employees. If students with children or Students who are caring for relatives in need of care care: The university offers financial support in form of Baby-Bonus’, partner or carer discount to personal, respectful advice and support until you graduate.
The employees of the university also benefit from family-friendly measures, how flexible working hours or individual advice from care and family representatives. “We are very pleased that we were once again able to meet the high requirements for family friendliness associated with this re-certification. Both as an employer and as a university, we continue to do everything we can to enable a good balance between family, studies and work,” said Michael Timm, Chancellor of Apollon University, at the ceremony in Bremen City Hall.
December 7, 2022
This procedure could save lives in the future
The earlier cancer is discovered, the higher the probability that the disease can be defeated. An international research team now gives cause for hope. You report in the journal “Proceedings” of the US National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on a method for the early detection of 14 different types of cancer, according to the “Spiegel”. The method cannot currently be used on a regular basis.
As part of a study, the research team examined blood and urine samples from around 1,260 healthy people and people with cancer. The focus is on so-called glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). These are sugar compounds whose structure is different in cancer cells than in healthy ones. These GAGs have been able to detect 14 specific types of cancer at an early stage – including bladder cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer.
In the future, this method could help to offer a simple and cheaper test that is also suitable for mass screening. Currently, around 50 US dollars per test can be assumed.
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Source used: spiegel.de, instagram.com, idw-online.de