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What role do genes play in egg, milk, and nut allergies? A study published in Nature Communications, led by the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, has found five genetic risk loci that point to the importance of skin and mucous membrane barriers and the immune system in the development of food allergies.

The world’s largest study into allergies has shown that the genetic risk factors for atopic dermatitis (eczema), hay fever, and asthma are generally inherited together. The findings of this study by a consortium of researchers, including research groups from the MDC and Charité, have now been published in “Nature Genetics”.

The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) has celebrated its 25th anniversary with some 550 invited guests. At the same time, the Board of Directors honored five individuals to whom the MDC owes a large debt of gratitude, especially during the early years.

Transferring MDC inventions into pharmaceuticals and therapies – this is the mission driving MDC’s department of technology transfer. Their latest achievement, a pharmaceutical substance for atrial fibrillation developed by MDC spin-off OMEICOS Therapeutics, is now entering clinical trials.

The transposon system by MDC researcher Zsuzsanna Izsvák is part a new gene therapy project, funded with 2.8 million euros.