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Research News & Events

Planarian
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A complete cell atlas and lineage tree of the immortal flatworm

From one stem cell to many differentiated body cells: Scientists from the MDC in Berlin, along with collaborating researchers in Munich, have published a comprehensive lineage tree of a whole adult animal in the journal Science.
Ein neuronales Netzwerk aus zwei Nervenzelle in der Petrischale
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Keeping the excitement under control

James Poulet's lab listens to the activity of networks of single sensory neurons in the brain and discovered how a single signal from one cell manages to attract attention.
LINNAEUS makes it possible to trace the origin of each cell of a zebrafish
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Developmental scars

The MDC researcher Jan Philipp Junker and his team have used CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing to pioneer a technique capable of determining both the type and origin of all the cells in an organism. They describe their method in Nature Biotechnology.
FISH
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LifeTime – a visionary proposal for an EU Flagship

Reliably predicting the onset and trajectory of a disease might seem like a distant dream. But a European consortium is aiming to achieve exactly this using a set of emerging technologies with the analysis of single cells at their core.
Blood
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How cells protect themselves against mechanical stress

A research team led by Gary Lewin has now discovered that Piezo channels are highly sensitive to changes in membrane voltage.
Melanoma cells under the microscope
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Putting black skin cancer to sleep - for good

An international research team has succeeded in stopping the growth of malignant melanoma by reactivating a protective mechanism that prevents tumor cells from dividing.
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Science

Heart muscle cells merge when the heart grows and repairs itself

Heart muscle cells fuse together during cardiac development and repair processes.
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The dark side of treating cancer with drugs

What are the consequences if a cellular aging-like program is acutely activated in tumor cells? And what role does the stem cell program play in it?
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The new MDC website is online!

Enlarge Science is both fascinating and beautiful. This is the message delivered by the new MDC…

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Publications

Multicenter reliability of semiautomatic retinal layer segmentation using OCT

Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm

Superficial white matter damage in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry

Treatment choices and neuropsychological symptoms of a large cohort of early MS

Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm

Mechanoelectrical transduction in chondrocytes

Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol

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