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When an animal suffers an injury or inflammation, nearby tissue usually becomes highly sensitive to pain. Skin becomes red and puffy, for example, and is hypersensitive to heat. This condition...

In recent years, immunotherapy has emerged as a promising alternative in the fight against cancer. However, there are many drawbacks, as tumors often recur in patients after a period of remission. An international research team at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), and the Charité has now elucidated one mechanism that underlies tumor recurrence and how to prevent it. These findings could help find more suitable targets for therapy in the future. The study has now been presented in the most recent issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

The MDC research team headed by Dr. Oliver Rocks is investigating the mechanisms that control the remodeling of the cell skeleton. During a screen of proteins involved in this process...

Throughout their lives, proteins have a plethora of different tasks and finally are being disposed in an orderly manner. Scientists had thought that young and old proteins carry the same...

“You have great plans; I’m really pleased about that,” said Berlin’s Governing Mayor Michael Müller at the start of his meeting today with MDC’s Scientific Director Martin Lohse at the...

Bound for the Luxemburg Institute of Health, Gunnar Dittmar took a few minutes to look back on eight years as head of the Proteomics Core Facility at the MDC and BIH, and to discuss the near future of one of molecular biology's most important tools.

How is our genome maintained and repaired? It's a crucial question – a number of genetic diseases and cancers can be traced to defects in the cellular mechanisms that repair DNA damage. The conference "Frontiers in DNA Repair," organized by MDC scientist Dr. Michela Di Virgilio, recently brought leading researchers on the topic to Berlin to discuss the latest developments in the field.

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