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.

Casting show in the lymph nodes

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.

Quantifying avoidable risk factors for breast cancer

People with orthostatic hypotension experience a sudden drop in their blood pressure that causes them to faint when standing up.

Blood pressure regulator discovered in the liver

Working with scientists from the University of Aarhus in Denmark, MDC researchers have uncovered a new genetic basis for high cholesterol levels.

New genetiv factor discovered for high cholesterol levels

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.

Tracking down prions

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.

A diabetes drug for Alzheimer's

When a cell divides, it forms polar bodies from which spindle-shaped protein fibres emanate to distribute chromosomes to the newly generated cells.

Taking the tension out of cancer

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.

Gene variants influence the concentration of a diabetes marker

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.

Self-reparing lung tissue

Up to now, allergy forecasts have been based solely on the levels of pollen in the air.

Wide variations in the allergen content of birch pollen