Group Lutz Schomburg

Description

Field of Research \- Selenium within the endocrine system - significance in therapy and prevention \- Research on and testing of new diagnostic tools Novel Diagnostic Methods At present, the group's repertoire of endocrine-specific diagnostic assays is enlarged, used to analyze comprehensive epidemiological studies in order to better understand the interaction of endocrine and cancer disease risk with the selenium and autoimmune status thereby improving disease prevention and patient care. The group's research has identified important sex-specific differences which need to be taken into account when endocrine and autoimmune diseases and micronutrient interactions are studied and discussed. (Description adapted from working group website: see link above) ​