Damage to the mitochondria, the “power plants” of the cells, contributes to many diseases. Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU)…

Recently during a lunch break: After their meal, someone eats a yoghurt and an apple. They then ask themselves the question: What should I do with the…

Researchers from the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have implicated a new gene in the progression of…

The sudden, unexpected and medically unexplained death of an infant during sleep, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), remains to be fully understood.…

An international team comprising 90 authors presents the status of research on “ferroptosis”, a cell death mechanism caused by excess iron and oxygen…

Fatty liver disease (steatotic liver disease, SLD for short) is increasingly causing failure of the liver as a vital organ. A team led by researchers…

The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and continues to have a profound impact on the world of work in Europe. In a new report for the European Agency for…

A healthy liver is capable of completely regenerating itself. Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), University Hospital…

Vaccine development aims at protecting as many people as possible from infections. Short protein fragments of pathogens, so-called epitopes, are seen…

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that leads to permanent neurological impairments. In…