Salt consumption controls autoimmune disease
Sodium chloride, table salt, is an essential mineral that we must consume for a healthy life. However, excessive salt consumption is one of the... [mehr]
Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie
The relationship of proteins
What do the house mouse Mus Musculus, the organism Haloferax Mediterranei that lives in thermal springs and the intestinal bacterium Escherischia... [mehr]
Genetically reproductive material from the laboratory
In the field of synthetic biology, researchers investigate so-called “bottom-up” processes, which means the generation of life mimicking... [mehr]
In the right place at the right time
Numerous cellular processes such as immune responses or cell multiplication depend on many different proteins working in sequence. In order for... [mehr]
New structural data on talin explain self-inhibitory mechanism
All complex organisms are made up of cells that are in contact with each other or with structures in intercellular spaces. Cells have contact... [mehr]
MPIB-Emeritus Axel Ullrich is awarded with Lasker Award 2019
In the mid-1970s, scientists discovered that certain genes, when mutated, can cause cancer; researchers theorized that targeting these oncogenes,... [mehr]
The nucleolus – a known organelle with new tasks
One would like to believe that the basic cellular processes have already been deciphered and that research can now focus on the details. But even... [mehr]
Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research for F.-Ulrich Hartl
Proteins are the molecules in cells that drive almost every biological process. Through their collaboration, Hartl and Horwich discovered that... [mehr]
Learning from spectral experience
The final trip of many old cars leads them to a junk yard where they are deconstructed into potentially salvageable parts. By looking at the... [mehr]