Systemic Analysis of Multifactorial Diseases

This programme analyses genetic and molecular-biological mechanisms leading to the development of multifactorial diseases via interdisciplinary, joint research platforms in order to find new therapeutic approaches. In doing so, the German Mouse Clinic (GMC) at the Helmholtz Zentrum München plays a central part.

The technologies established at the research centre – genomics, proteomics, metabolomics as well as analytics for small molecules and mouse models – offer ideal research conditions for the identification of individual risk factors but also of biomarkers, which can be employed in the early detection of chronic diseases. In doing so, the scientists concentrate on the most essential chronic diseases such as metabolic diseases and diabetes, lung diseases, neurodegenerative diseases as well as disorders of the immune system.