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When a muscle grows or a muscle injury heals, some of the stem cells develop into new muscle cells. A research team at the MDC led by Carmen Birchmeier has now described in the journal Genes and Development how this process is regulated by two proteins produced in an oscillatory manner.

Switching off “safeguard” genes improves cell reprogramming, aiding future regenerative therapies.

The conference “Muscle Development, Regeneration and Disease 2018” took place at the MDC in late April. This event has in recent years become an increasingly important international platform for muscle research.

MDC researchers have described how the heart forms itself into a its characteristic S-shape and how the ventricles and atria finally develop. Their findings will help to better understand congenital heart diseases.

The Human Frontier Science Program is now funding a joint research project conducted by teams from BIMSB/MDC, LMU Munich, and the University of Southern California that aims to find out exactly how the DNA's enhancer region work.

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.

After the summer break, the MDC welcomes new scientists in leading positions: Darío Lupíañez is a junior group leader at the Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB) and Philipp Mertins is the new head of the Proteomics Platform of MDC and BIH.

After 13 rapid divisions a fertilized fly egg consists of about 6,000 cells. They all look alike...

The calls of new-born mice draw the attention of their mother and enhance their chances of survival. A group of neuronal cells in the brain stem is essential for this innate process, reports a research team at the Max Delbrück Center in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Without these cells, the mice are mute.

Almost immediately after birth, mouse pups that are separated from their mother are able to make...