Jena senior physician receives science prize
A senior physician from Jena has been awarded a national science prize for his work on improving thyroid diagnostics. Philipp Seifert from Jena University Hospital (UKJ) received the 5000 euro science prize from the German Society for Ultrasound in Medicine, as the hospital announced on Thursday. This is the first time the prize has gone to Jena.
Among other things, Seifert has developed an ultrasound-based method that allows non-medical staff to carry out and archive detailed thyroid examinations, according to the UKJ. This allows the entire thyroid gland to be recorded in two planes in less than a minute and viewed in systems for image archiving.
The small thyroid gland is located at the front of the neck and is roughly the shape of a butterfly. According to the German Thyroid Center, it produces important hormones that affect heart activity, blood pressure and brain activity, for example. However, around one in three adults in Germany will develop at least one pathological change in the thyroid gland in the course of their lives. These include hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism, as well as thyroid cancer, nodules and enlargement of the thyroid gland.
The recognition for his work in thyroid diagnostics further emphasizes the importance of ongoing research in the field of medicine. Seifert's innovative ultrasound method is set to revolutionize medicine, potentially making detailed thyroid examinations more accessible.
Source: www.dpa.com
