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University of Cologne Researchers Discover a Key Mechanism That Controls Human Heart Development

Writing in ‘Science Advances’ researchers of the University of Cologne describe a key mechanism that controls the decision-making process that allows human embryonic stem cells to make the heart. These discoveries enable better insights into how the human heart forms in an embryo and what can go wrong during heart formation, causing cardiac disease or, in the worst case, embryo termination.

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Prof. Dr. Christian Reinhardt awarded the German Cancer Prize 2023

The German Cancer Prize 2023 in the category “Experimental Research” goes to Prof. Dr. Christian Reinhardt, researcher at the Medical Faculty of the UDE. His research focus is in the areas of genome stability and the biology of aggressive lymphomas, also known as “lymphatic gland cancer”. Professor Reinhardt is Director of the Clinic for Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation at the University Hospital in Essen.

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Development of the Immune System Before and After Birth

New Collaborative Research Center – Transregio PILOT under the auspices of the University of Freiburg.

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Scientists from the University of Cologne present at Kidney Week of the American Society of Nephrology

High fat – Low carb: A first clinical trial has shown that a ketogenic metabolism can have a positive effect on patients with cystic kidneys.

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Eight University of Cologne researchers among the most highly cited researchers worldwide

The annual ranking of ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ by the Web of Science Group is published as an indicator of outstanding research, the University of Cologne is represented by one physicist, two biologists, and five medical researchers.

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The Cellular Cleaning Program Autophagy Helps in Wound Healing

Scientists at the University of Cologne have shown that the recycling program of cells, autophagy, leads to the fusion of several single cells into multinucleated cell units during wound healing / publication in ‘The EMBO Journal’.