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Plasma medicine uses non-equilibrium plasmas generated under atmospheric-pressure conditions. Therapeutical plasmas can stimulate tissue regeneration or inactivate cancer cells. This book reviews the interrelation between plasma chemistry and biochemistry complemented by discussion of the ways plasmas inactivate various pathogens. Focus is on the plasma effects on mammalian cells, subsequent consequences for cell-biological processes, and plasma applicability specific medical therapies. Contributions illustrate the ways cold atmospheric-pressure plasma can be used as a controllable source of redox-active species and as a useful tool for research in redox biology.Key Features Summarizes plasma chemistry, biochemistry, and microbiology Documents the ways plasmas interact with lipids, membranes, and cells Reviews therapeutic uses of plasmas in medicine Focuses on uses of plasmas as cancer treatment

Plasma medicine uses non-equilibrium plasmas generated under atmospheric-pressure conditions. Therapeutical plasmas can stimulate tissue regeneration or inactivate cancer cells. This book reviews the interrelation between plasma chemistry and biochemistry complemented by discussion of the ways plasmas inactivate various pathogens. Focus is on the plasma effects on mammalian cells, subsequent consequences for cell-biological processes, and plasma applicability specific medical therapies. Contributions illustrate the ways cold atmospheric-pressure plasma can be used as a controllable source of redox-active species and as a useful tool for research in redox biology.Key Features Summarizes plasma chemistry, biochemistry, and microbiology Documents the ways plasmas interact with lipids, membranes, and cells Reviews therapeutic uses of plasmas in medicine Focuses on uses of plasmas as cancer treatment

Plasma medicine uses non-equilibrium plasmas generated under atmospheric-pressure conditions. Therapeutical plasmas can stimulate tissue regeneration or inactivate cancer cells. This book reviews the interrelation between plasma chemistry and biochemistry complemented by discussion of the ways plasmas inactivate various pathogens. Focus is on the plasma effects on mammalian cells, subsequent consequences for cell-biological processes, and plasma applicability specific medical therapies. Contributions illustrate the ways cold atmospheric-pressure plasma can be used as a controllable source of redox-active species and as a useful tool for research in redox biology.Key Features Summarizes plasma chemistry, biochemistry, and microbiology Documents the ways plasmas interact with lipids, membranes, and cells Reviews therapeutic uses of plasmas in medicine Focuses on uses of plasmas as cancer treatment

This book presents the state of the art in clinical plasma medicine and outlines translational research strategies. Written by an international group of authors, it is divided into four parts. Part I is a detailed introduction and includes basic and recent research information on plasma sciences, plasma devices and mechanisms of biological plasma effects. Parts II and III provide valuable clinical insights f.e. into the treatment of superficial contaminations, ulcerations, wounds, treatment of cells in cancer, special indications like in heart surgery, dentistry, palliative treatment in head and neck cancer or the use of plasma in hygiene. Part IV offers information on how and where to qualify in plasma medicine and which companies produce and supply medical devices and is thus of particular interest to medical practitioners.This comprehensive book offers a sciences based practical to the clinical use of plasma and includes an extended selection of scientific medical data and translational literature.

This textbook addresses the growing international need for a practical manual that teaches physicians how to apply cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP) in the day‐to‐day provision of patient healthcare.The book introduces readers to the concept of CAP, how it works, and how safe it is, before describing several diseases and other medical indications for its application. The book subsequently provides guidelines for daily clinical practice, e.g. for treating chronic wounds, decontaminating infected skin lesions, and rendering multi-resistant bacteria inert, as well as a detailed overview of plasma devices. In closing, it addresses organizational aspects, which are essential to cultivating and maintaining quality standards in the application of cold medical plasma.This textbook offers a unique educational resource and provides relevant information on plasma medicine as an emerging multidisciplinary discipline. Practitioners will appreciate this integrated, comprehensive guide, which is also suitable for advanced students of medicine and dentistry, and for nurses serving on plasma-assisted medical teams.

This textbook addresses the growing international need for a practical manual that teaches physicians how to apply cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP) in the day‐to‐day provision of patient healthcare.The book introduces readers to the concept of CAP, how it works, and how safe it is, before describing several diseases and other medical indications for its application. The book subsequently provides guidelines for daily clinical practice, e.g. for treating chronic wounds, decontaminating infected skin lesions, and rendering multi-resistant bacteria inert, as well as a detailed overview of plasma devices. In closing, it addresses organizational aspects, which are essential to cultivating and maintaining quality standards in the application of cold medical plasma.This textbook offers a unique educational resource and provides relevant information on plasma medicine as an emerging multidisciplinary discipline. Practitioners will appreciate this integrated, comprehensive guide, which is also suitable for advanced students of medicine and dentistry, and for nurses serving on plasma-assisted medical teams.

This textbook addresses the growing international need for a practical manual that teaches physicians how to apply cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP) in the day‐to‐day provision of patient healthcare.The book introduces readers to the concept of CAP, how it works, and how safe it is, before describing several diseases and other medical indications for its application. The book subsequently provides guidelines for daily clinical practice, e.g. for treating chronic wounds, decontaminating infected skin lesions, and rendering multi-resistant bacteria inert, as well as a detailed overview of plasma devices. In closing, it addresses organizational aspects, which are essential to cultivating and maintaining quality standards in the application of cold medical plasma.This textbook offers a unique educational resource and provides relevant information on plasma medicine as an emerging multidisciplinary discipline. Practitioners will appreciate this integrated, comprehensive guide, which is also suitable for advanced students of medicine and dentistry, and for nurses serving on plasma-assisted medical teams.

This book presents the state of the art in clinical plasma medicine and outlines translational research strategies. Written by an international group of authors, it is divided into four parts. Part I is a detailed introduction and includes basic and recent research information on plasma sciences, plasma devices and mechanisms of biological plasma effects. Parts II and III provide valuable clinical insights f.e. into the treatment of superficial contaminations, ulcerations, wounds, treatment of cells in cancer, special indications like in heart surgery, dentistry, palliative treatment in head and neck cancer or the use of plasma in hygiene. Part IV offers information on how and where to qualify in plasma medicine and which companies produce and supply medical devices and is thus of particular interest to medical practitioners.This comprehensive book offers a sciences based practical to the clinical use of plasma and includes an extended selection of scientific medical data and translational literature.

This book presents the state of the art in clinical plasma medicine and outlines translational research strategies. Written by an international group of authors, it is divided into four parts. Part I is a detailed introduction and includes basic and recent research information on plasma sciences, plasma devices and mechanisms of biological plasma effects. Parts II and III provide valuable clinical insights f.e. into the treatment of superficial contaminations, ulcerations, wounds, treatment of cells in cancer, special indications like in heart surgery, dentistry, palliative treatment in head and neck cancer or the use of plasma in hygiene. Part IV offers information on how and where to qualify in plasma medicine and which companies produce and supply medical devices and is thus of particular interest to medical practitioners.

This comprehensive book offers a sciences based practical to the clinical use of plasma and includes an extended selection of scientific medical data and translational literature.

Bis wohin stellen neue biomedizinische Technologien willkommene Wege zur Therapie von Krankheiten oder zur Minderung von Leiden dar und wo beginnt das Streben nach einer "Verbesserung" des Menschen? Gibt es grundsätzliche Kriterien und Maßstäbe für eine solche Grenzziehung oder ist diese Frage eher pragmatisch zu beantworten, aus einer reflektierten Praxis heraus, die offenbleibt für die jeweilige Situation? Eine Verständigung darüber, wo die Grenze zwischen natürlicher Selbstentfaltung und forcierter Selbstoptimierung verläuft, ist in jedem Fall unverzichtbar. Der Band dokumentiert die Beiträge zu diesem hochaktuellen Thema, die auf der Berliner Tagung der Evangelischen Forschungsakademie im Januar 2018 gehalten und diskutiert wurden; damit sollen über den innerwissenschaftlichen Dialog hinaus auch Impulse für die öffentliche Diskussion gegeben werden.Mit Beiträgen von Jörg Hacker, Hendrik Karpinski, Roland Kipke, Christian Lenk, Rüdiger Lux, Lilian Marx-Stölting, Ludwig Siep.[The Human Measure. Attempts at Orientation in the Biotechnological Age]How long new biomedical technologies are welcome paths for treatment of diseases or reduction of sufferings and where does the aspiration of human enhancement start? Are there basic criteria and standards for a demarcation or has this question to be answered pragmatically, based on a deliberated experience, open for the respective situation? In any case, a common understanding about boundary lines between elemental self-development and forced self-optimization is essential. The volume contains contributions to this burning issue given and debated during the Berlin conference of the Protestant Research Academy (Evangelische Forschungsakademie) in January 2018 to stimulate a public discourse beyond pure scientific discussions.

Mit dem Begriff »Künstliche Intelligenz (KI)« bezeichnete Technologien sind einerseits bereits Teil unseres Arbeits- und Lebensalltags, andererseits Gegenstand vielfältiger gesellschaftlicher Diskurse. Vor dem Hintergrund unterschiedlicher Interessenlagen und Betrachtungsweisen dieser Thematik erscheint es geboten, individuell und gesellschaftlich begründete und wissenschaftlich begründbare Positionen zu KI zu finden.Die Evangelische Forschungsakademie hat auf ihrer Januartagung 2021 den Versuch unternommen, den in der Öffentlichkeit präsentierten und diskutierten positiven wie negativen technischen Visionen eine realistische Einschätzung der tatsächlichen Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von KI gegenüberzustellen und dabei auch ethische und insbesondere christliche Standpunkte von Wünschenswertem und Notwendigem in der Gestaltung der menschlichen Lebenswelt mit Hilfe von KI zur Sprache zu bringen.Mit Beiträgen von Franz Danksagmüller, Dirk Evers, Joachim Funke, Peter Liggesmeyer, Catrin Misselhorn, Wilfried Hanisch und Sebastian Rudolph.Artificial Intelligence. The Power of Machines and Algorithms between Utopia and Reality]Technologies designated with the term "artificial intelligence" (AI) are already part of our everyday lives at work and at home, but also the subject of multi-faced public discourse. Against the background of different interests and ways of viewing this topic, it seems necessary to find positions on AI that are individually and socially justified, and also scientifically justifiable.At its conference in January 2021, the Protestant Research Academy attempted to contrast the positive and negative visions of technology presented and discussed in public with a realistic assessment of the actual possibilities and limits of AI. In doing so, it sought to articulate ethical and especially Christian points of view on what is desirable and necessary in shaping the human lifeworld with help from AI.

Das Verhältnis von Erkenntnis und Glaube ist nicht nur spannend, sondern auch von Spannungen geprägt. Spätestens seit der Aufklärung ist die wissenschaftliche Erkenntnis neben die oder an die Stelle der glaubensbestimmten Welt- und Lebensdeutungen getreten. In einer säkularen Perspektive wird der christliche Glaube nicht (mehr) als Grundlage für wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisprozesse angesehen, sondern als irrelevant oder gar als Widerspruch.Das prägte auch die Gründung der Evangelischen Forschungsakademie 1948. Deshalb war der Einsatz gegen eine wechselseitige Gleichgültigkeit oder gar Unvereinbarkeit von Glaube und Erkenntnis das Kernthema ihrer interdisziplinären Arbeit. Im Rahmen einer Jubiläumstagung im Januar 2024 wurde eine aktuelle Bestimmung des Themas als Leitmotiv für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft versucht.Mit Beiträgen von Christian Ammer, Volker Gerhardt, Heino Falcke, Martin Laube, Volker Jung und Sarah Rosenhauer.[Knowledge and Faith. 75 Years of Evangelische Forschungsakademie]The relationship between knowledge and faith is not only exciting, but also characterized by tensions. Since the Enlightenment at the latest, scientific knowledge has taken its place alongside or in place of faith-based interpretations of the world and life. From a secular perspective, Christian faith is no longer seen as the basis of scientific knowledge processes, but as irrelevant or even contradictory.This also marked the founding of the Evangelische Forschungsakademie (Protestant Research Academy) in 1948, which is why its interdisciplinary work focused on combating the mutual indifference or even incompatibility of faith and knowledge. As part of an anniversary conference in January 2024, an attempt was made to define the topic as a current leitmotif for science and society.

Dieses Buch beschreibt die Einsatzmöglichkeiten von modernen Plasmageräten in der Chirurgie und der Dermatologie. Grundlagen der Methode und die Technologie unterschiedlicher Geräte werden erläutert und klinische Anwendungen dargestellt. Aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse bieten einen Ausblick auf den Anwendungshorizont für unterschiedliche Fachgebiete.