While risk factors are known for atopic eczema in childhood, there are far less insights into eczema in adulthood. What role do predisposition and…
There is one crucial question about MHC proteins that researchers have been unable to answer for the last 25 years: do MHC proteins come together at the cell…
If the sea turns red or green, phytoplankton is at work – countless microscopic algae, which use sunlight to generate energy and cause coloration.
Median life expectancy of our society is still increasing which leads us to the question: how can we extend healthy aging? This is being investigated on a…
To communicate with each other, neurons use chemical messengers known as neurotransmitters. The two most important neurotransmitters in the human brain,…
What causes only a harmless cold in camels can be fatal for humans: an infection with the MERS virus. Since its discovery in 2012, the virus was detected in…
Enzymes are involved in a variety of reactions in living organisms, and their effectiveness depends on a variety of conditions. Although usually the enzyme…
“Our results have really exceeded the expectations we had when we started with the technique,” says the research leader Björn Wickman, from Chalmers'…
Wound healing can be complex and challenging, especially when a patient has other health obstacles that seriously impede the process.
The research labs of the associate professor (Privatdozent) Dr. Thomas Becker and Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Pfanner teamed up with several other researchers at the…
At present, sugar is under general suspicion of being responsible for many widespread diseases and health problems of mankind, especially in the industrial…
About 1% of patients diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability have a mutation in a gene called SETD5. Scientists have now discovered…
Osteoporosis affects about 400,000 people in Switzerland, mostly women after menopause. It is often described as a silent disease, because bone loss usually…
A team of scientists at Boston Children's Hospital has developed the first modeling system for testing age-specific human immune responses to vaccines –…
An international team of scientists including members of the Leipzig Research Center of Early Child Development (LFE) have been studying four groups of…
Moving around, sensing the extracellular environment, and signaling to other cells are important for a cell to function properly. Responsible for those tasks…
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