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Chicago, April 21, 2026 – One of the most fundamental questions in biology is how a single fertilized egg produces the diverse cell types making up the body – from neurons and skin to muscle and blood – that bear the same genetic blueprint but distinct expression patterns. Now, a research team lead by Dr. Bruce Lahn, […]

KIMMDY software visualizes biological processes in motion – conceived and originally developed at HITS, refined and published at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz Within biological cells, molecules are constantly in motion. Investigating these motions, however, is still difficult, due to the fact that these processes occur on very small length and time […]

Brain metastases are among the most serious complications of advanced breast cancer. Researchers from Heidelberg University’s Faculty of Medicine, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) have conducted a detailed study of the body’s immune cells in the brain tissue surrounding these metastases. Their findings revealed that certain distribution patterns of […]

Researchers from Heidelberg University’s Faculty of Medicine and the Technical University of Munich have investigated the genetic activity of “budding” head and neck carcinomas. In the “buds”—clusters of cells that detach from the tumor and are associated with a poor prognosis—they found a characteristic pattern of gene activity. This marker signature provides insights into the […]

MGnify Genomes offers new ways to explore microbial communities in soil, marine sediments, and the gut If you could shrink yourself to the size of a microbe, you would discover that every handful of soil and every bucket of seawater is akin to a bustling city filled with millions of microbes. Until recently, most of […]

The bioprocess experts from BioThrust Yasemin van Heuvel, Valentin von Werz and the group of Oliver Spadiut at Technische Universität Wien and the team at SimVantage released this publication on NK-92 cell manufacturing. The team collaborated to compare our ComfyCell bioreactor with a conventional pitched-blade stirred-tank bioreactor (2 L scale). While both systems supported comparable […]

A novel developed biomimetic tissue substitute combines precisely tunable mechanical properties with biological functionality and is now ready for applications in medical technology. The material was developed in the »PolyKARD« project by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP and the NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute. From April 20 to 24, 2026, the […]

Not only actual chronological age, but also individual aging at the molecular level is a key factor in the development of cancer. This was discovered by scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Saarland Cancer Registry. If the so-called “epigenetic clocks” indicate accelerated biological aging, the likelihood of a cancer diagnosis increases. […]

Nagel, A.; Hass, E.W.; Hayes, H.; Huelbes, L.; Oliveira, S.; Hardin, H.M.; Marasigan, M.; Nisenbaum, E.; Misztal, C.; Telischi, F.F.; et al. Fimepinostat Promotes Apoptosis and Decreases Cytokine Secretion in NF2-Related Human Schwannoma Cells. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2026, 27, 2636. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27062636 https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27/6/2636 Simple Summary This study focuses on the action of fimepinostat, a dual histone deacetylase (HDAC)/phosphosphoinositide-3 kinase […]