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The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine is devoted to biomedical research with the aim of understanding the molecular basis of health and disease and translating findings as quickly as possible into clinical applications.
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Pain and touch sensations require Schwann cells
Special receptor cells under the skin enable us to feel pain and touch. But Schwann cells also play a key role in detecting such stimuli, researchers at the Max Delbrück Center report in "Nature Communications." This discovery opens new avenues for pain t
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What octopus and human brains have in common
Cephalopods like octopuses, squids and cuttlefish are highly intelligent animals with complex nervous systems. In "Science Advances", a team led by Nikolaus Rajewsky of the Max Delbrück Center has now shown that their evolution is linked to a dramatic exp
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Too much salt suppresses phagocytes
Small changes of sodium in the blood reduce the amount of energy produced in the mitochondria - the power plants of our cells. This has consequences for immune cells. An international research team has discovered the mechanism behind this phenomenon and p
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Fasting acts as diet catalyst
Those who need to change their eating habits to normalise their blood pressure should start with a fast. In the journal "Nature Communications", MDC and ECRC scientists explain why patients can use it as a tool to improve their health in the long term.
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Muscle cell secrets
A muscle fiber consists of just one cell, but many nuclei. A team at the MDC led by Professor Carmen Birchmeier has now shown just how varied these nuclei are. The study, which has been published in Nature Communications, can help us better understand mus
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