Science Mar 09, 2018 Pizza: the fourth domain of life Scientists from MDC and Mainz University have collected data on the evolutionary development of pizza in a European field study.
Science Mar 09, 2018 Laugh first, think second Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, to give a guest lecture March 19 at the MDC.
Science Mar 07, 2018 Opening up science: sharing neglected results and hidden talents Amani Said about her unusual career path and her involvement in ScienceMatters, a publishing platform based on the principles of Open Science.
Science Feb 27, 2018 MINT400 Forum at the MDC: Why math is an indispensable tool Basic medical research would be impossible without math and chemistry. At this year's MINT400 Forum, 350 schoolchildren and 50 teachers from all over Germany came together to learn about the importance of interdisciplinary research for science today.
Press release Feb 22, 2018 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.
Science Feb 22, 2018 Lymphoma reprograms immune cells to promote its own growth Instead of defending the body against lymphoma, special immune cells sometimes have the opposite effect. The cancer reprograms the dendritic cells to promote lymphoma tumor growth.
Institute & Campus Feb 19, 2018 From bitcoins to genome surgery If you follow the news, you can hardly miss phrases such as ‘cryptocurrency’ or the, no less cryptic, abbreviation ‘CRISPR-Cas9’. What these terms mean will be explored by 350 pupils...
Institute & Campus Feb 16, 2018 Advanced autoimmunology Meinrad Busslinger's lab at the Institute for Molecular Pathology in Vienna has uncovered the roles of two molecules linked to autoimmune diseases.
Press release Feb 06, 2018 How a Mutated Gene Triggers Hypertension Too much aldosterone causes hypertension. One cause is a mutation in the CLCN2 gene, which contains the blueprint for an ion channel of the adrenal cortex.
