Insights into Research Field Health
The Helmholtz Association aims to use ground-breaking research to tackle the great questions of our time. Here, we present projects currently being carried out by scientists at the Helmholtz Centres. The examples range from fundamental questions concerning the origin of matter to health research and the development of high performance functional materials.
Casting show in the lymph nodes
Lymph nodes are the marketplaces of the immune system: it is here that cells exchange information about pathogens that have entered the body and prepare their immune defence. Quantifying avoidable risk factors for breast cancer
Nearly one in three cases of postmenopausal breast cancer is caused by a lack of exercise and a hormone replacement therapy to ease the discomforts of menopause. weiterlesen "Quantifying avoidable risk factors for breast cancer"
Blood pressure regulator discovered in the liver
People with orthostatic hypotension experience a sudden drop in their blood pressure that causes them to faint when standing up. weiterlesen "Blood pressure regulator discovered in the liver"
New genetiv factor discovered for high cholesterol levels
Working with scientists from the University of Aarhus in Denmark, MDC researchers have uncovered a new genetic basis for high cholesterol levels.weiterlesen "New genetiv factor discovered for high cholesterol levels"
Tracking down prions
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are characterised by the misfolding of host-encoded proteins, which causes brain cells to die. A diabetes drug for Alzheimer's
The diabetes drug metformin may be suitable for treating Alzheimer’s disease – this is one of the conclusions that researchers under Dr. Sybille Krauß at the DZNE laboratory in Bonn have drawn from the findings of their experiments.Taking the tension out of cancer
When a cell divides, it forms polar bodies from which spindle-shaped protein fibres emanate to distribute chromosomes to the newly generated cells. Gene variants influence the concentration of a diabetes marker
Type 2 diabetes is characterised by a disruption of glucose metabolism: the hormone insulin is no longer produced in sufficient quantities or loses its effect. weiterlesen "Gene variants influence the concentration of a diabetes marker"
Self-reparing lung tissue
Chronic lung disease is often accompanied by the loss of lung tissue, which leaves patients with a diminished surface for gas exchange between the lungs and the environment. Wide variations in the allergen content of birch pollen
Up to now, allergy forecasts have been based solely on the levels of pollen in the air. weiterlesen "Wide variations in the allergen content of birch pollen"
Archive
2010
Connecting Structural Biology and Wound Healing
With Salmonellae Against Cancer
On the Path towards an individualised Cancer Therapy
DNA Methylation controls Blood Cell Decisions
Metabolomics – Key Tool for Diabetes Research
Brown Body Fat as a Weight Loss Product
Mouse as a Model for Stroke Patients
Ultrafine Particles Aggravate Asthma
Early Warning System for Neurodegenerative Diseases
2009
The perfect team: MRT meets PET
Far reaching changes to invasion protein
Regulators of (stem) cell biology
Cancer stem cells in their sights
T-cells help damaged mouse hearts
2008
Humanised mice: a test system for vaccine development
EATRIS - from bench to bedside
Dragnet investigation in the genom
Titin - tracking an allrounder and its functions
STAR makes rats appealing for genetic research
The data treasure-trove in the southern urals
2007
Genetic research tracking down leukaemia

