Press releases

Highlights will included the presentation of the Max Planck Startup Award of the Stifterverband and the plenary assembly featuring an expert dialogue on the future of democracy
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Declining NAD⁺ levels in the aging heart weaken circadian rhythm and cardiac health more

Renowned scientists, including Didier Stainier from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim, argue in the journal Genetics for a paradigm shift in the field of genetics. In their view, classical Mendelian genetics is not sufficient to explain complex gene effects in interaction with the environment and genetic background. more

Membrane protein PEAR1 prevents the development of metastases
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Transcription factor TAF4A preserves nuclei in muscle stem cells and initiates muscle regeneration after injury
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GPR153 promotes inflammatory reactions in the vessel wall in response to acute damage more

RBPMS and RBPMS2 regulate cell division and function during heart development more

A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, led by Prof. Dr. Didier Y.R. Stainier, has been awarded a prestigious ERC Proof of Concept (PoC) grant to advance a groundbreaking RNA-based therapeutic strategy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). more

Foundation of the former German President and his wife honours innovative therapeutic approach for Duchenne muscular dystrophy more

Max Planck Institute again successful together with Universities of Giessen and Frankfurt in Federal Excellence Initiative more