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Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy and the major cause of death for both mother and child in Europe and the U.S. It affects about one in 20 pregnancies. The main symptoms are high blood pressure and protein in the urine.

Proteins only function properly when the chains of amino acids, from which they are built, fold...

In humans, the kidneys filter around 1700 liters of blood every day, of which 180 liters are...

The dendritic tree, a highly branched structure of neurons, plays an important role in these brain...

Neural precursor cells (NPC) in the young brain suppress certain brain tumors such as high-grade gliomas, especially glioblastoma (GBM), which are among the most common and most aggressive tumors.

In all vertebrates, and consequently also in humans, hearing and touch represent two distinct...

Cardiomyopathy comprises a deterioration of the heart muscle that affects the organ's ability to efficiently pump blood through the body. Previously researchers have tied forms of the disease to the alternative splicing of titin, a giant protein that determines the structure and biomechanical properties of the heart, but the molecular mechanism remained unknown.

“Has Set New Standards in Systems Biology”: Professor Nikolaus Rajewsky of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin has been honored with Germany’s most important research award, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. The award ceremony took place on February 27, 2012 in Berlin.

Prof. Erich Wanker of the MDC to Receive Helmholtz Association Grant - Professor Erich Wanker of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and of the Excellence Cluster Neurocure is to receive EUR 675 000 in funding from the Helmholtz Association over the next two years.