An extremely difficult procedure involved removal of a cystic kidney with prior transplantation of that organ from a living donor. Due to this innovative procedure, the patient avoided dialysis. Both the transplant patient and his brother, who donated the kidney, are feeling very well and have already been discharged home.

The 13th edition of the HELPERS' GENERATION project has come to an end. It was attended by 65 universities from all over Poland. Among them, MUW turned out to be the number one - we managed to register the largest number of potential bone marrow donors.

Julia Osiecka - a student of nursing at MUW, has won the sixth Polish edition of the Queen Silvia Nursing Award. The judging panel recognized her idea to improve the health of dementia patients through the use of modern VR technology. The idea is that through virtual reality, seniors will be able to experience the activities they did when they were young and in the prime of life.

People in Poland have changed their attitude towards vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 virus. And this is definitely a positive change - according to a joint study by the Medical University of Warsaw, the University of Warsaw and the research agency ARC Rynek i Opinia.

How do you feel? is the title of a lecture by Ardem Patapoutian, a molecular biologist - winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. The second scientist to receive this award was physiologist David Julius. They were recognized for their discovery of temperature and touch receptors. The question of how we experience tactile stimuli was also the focus of the 31st Nobel Session at MUW.

Psychotropic drugs have been the most commonly counterfeited in the last two years. The criminals also offered illegal masks, tests and medicines for COVID-19, and even vaccines. The latter, for €3 billion for 400 million doses, was even proposed to the European Commission! Experts discussed how counterfeiters work and what to do to defend against them during the International Scientific and Training Conference.

Established on 6 December 1820 on the initiative of a group of professors from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Warsaw, the Warsaw Medical Society has for over 200 years pursued its chief motto - to serve people and homeland. To celebrate this two-century anniversary, a ceremony was held within the walls of our university to commemorate the activities of the Society and its founders, including Professor August Ferdinand Wolff.

- Rozgłos draws attention to our voice. How to take care of it, how to improve its condition, increase its flexibility so that we can express everything we want to – says the project initiator Ewelina Sielska-Badurek, MD, PhD, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery of the Medical University of Warsaw, an audiologist and phoniatrist, MA in solo singing. - Platform users can find their own voice, the one they feel most comfortable with, whether they sing or not - she adds.

For many years, this was an underappreciated topic. However, a lot has changed recently. There is a growing body of research on the role of communication in medical practice. Communication skills training programs are being developed. The importance of this was discussed by experts at the 5th National Scientific Conference "Communication in Medicine."

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Department of the Prevention of Environmental Hazard, Allergology and Immunology MUW, a scientific symposium on "Public and Environmental Health in MUW Research" was held on December 2. The event brought together many distinguished guests currently and formerly associated with the department.