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CECAD News & Press Releases

Sniffing out hunger: a nose-to-brain connection linked to appetite

How the smell of food triggers brain cells that make mice feel less hungry

Millions in funding for a new Collaborative Research Centre on molecular processes in kidney filtration

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new Transregional Collaborative Research Centre at the University of Cologne:…

Die Behandlung mit den Medikamenten Rapamycin und Trametinib zusammen kann das Leben von Mäusen verlängern.

Live longer: Combination therapy with Rapamycin and Trametinib prolongs the life of mice

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing have discovered that the combination of the two cancer drugs…

Oliver Cornely elected President of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology

CECAD researcher and clinical mycology expert Univ.-Prof. Dr. Oliver Cornely will serve as President of ISHAM, the leading global…

CECAD Excellence Cluster receives renewed DFG funding

The DFG has approved continued funding for CECAD, securing the future of Cologne's leading research on aging and aging-related…

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Jun

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