To ensure the barrier function of the skin, mutual regulation of connections between epidermal cells and a receptor for growth…

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) elected Dr Dario Riccardo Valenzano and Dr. Alvaro Rada-Iglesias as young…

In old age a variety of cellular processes decline and the risk to develop age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s…

The life span of humans is still increasing every year. But have we "learned" to become older and how too live a healthy life?…

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Tissue regeneration, wound healing and fibrosis: Translating basic concepts into regenerative therapy

After two succesful funding periods of the Exzellence Initiative, the Cluster of Excellence CECAD is happy to be invited to submit…

Jan-Wilhelm Kornfeld has been conducting his research as a CECAD PI and leading his junior research group at the Max Planck…

In the course of time the DNA accumulates more and more damage – aging is one of the results. The manifold effects of DNA damage…

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