LMU Newsroom
What is going on at LMU? Everything at a glance in the LMU Newsroom — news, events, interviews, backgrounds, stories.
![Symbolic image dementia | © freshidea/fotolia Symbolic image dementia](https://cms-cdn.lmu.de/media/newsroom-content-hub/photos/psychology-puzzle_id10919_3_2_format_s.jpg)
Frontotemporal dementia:therapeutic approach for gene therapy
Pre-clinical trials: A new therapeutic approach for the severe condition uses modified viruses to replace a missing protein in the brain.
Read more![In a group discussion, female workers in Bangladesh talk about menstruation and sanitary products | © Emily Au-Young In a group discussion, female workers in Bangladesh talk about menstruation and sanitary products](https://cms-cdn.lmu.de/media/newsroom-content-hub/diskussionsrunde2_menstruation_emily-au-young_3_2_format_s.jpg)
Talking about a taboo
LMU economists have investigated social influences on the menstrual hygiene of workers in Bangladesh.
Read more![](https://cms-cdn.lmu.de/media/newsroom-content-hub/photos/klassenfoto_c-familienpapiere-sara-hinde-rosenstock_3_2_format_s.jpg)
What became of them? Children of the Jewish School in Munich
Researchers and students at LMU have traced the fates of children from the Jewish Public Elementary School in Munich. The research was inspired by a class photo from 1937.
Read moreINSIGHTS. Magazine
![Einsichten-Cover: Echt Jetzt - Künstlich, Natürlich: Die Grenzen verschwimmen | © LMU Einsichten-Cover: Echt Jetzt - Künstlich, Natürlich: Die Grenzen verschwimmen](https://cms-cdn.lmu.de/media/newsroom-content-hub/photos/newsroom_stock/e2-23_titel-motiv_webseite_1_171123_300dpi_3_2_format_s.jpg)
"Really?" - the new issue of INSIGHTS
"Echt jetzt" - the new issue of EINSICHTEN The new edition of the research magazine EINSICHTEN is out, with the main topic: "Really? Is the boundary between natural and artificial increasingly fading?" Click here for the highlights.
Read more![Portrait of Prof. Dr. Hinrich Schütze. | © Oliver Jung/ LMU Portrait of Prof. Dr. Hinrich Schütze.](https://cms-cdn.lmu.de/media/lmu-mediapool/newsroom/oliver_jung_lmu_schuetze_2023_26482_huge_3_2_format_s.jpg)
Polyglot machines
How artificial intelligence learns the rich variety of human languages: Hinrich Schütze, computational linguist at LMU, researches multilingual software that can do small languages. From the research magazine EINSICHTEN
Read more![Yurt in the Mongolian steppe | © picture alliance / Shotshop | robra Yurt in the Mongolian steppe](https://cms-cdn.lmu.de/media/newsroom-content-hub/photos/jurte_startseite_-picture-alliance-shotshop-robra_3_2_format_s.jpg)
From the steppe to the city
A social transformation is underway in Mongolia, as many nomadic pastoralists move to urban areas. Geographer Lukas Lehnert investigates what this means for the environment and ecosystems. From the research magazine EINSICHTEN
Read more