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Mainz scientists identify enzyme responsible for vascular damage caused by aircraft noise

In a recent study, scientists at the Department of Cardiology of University Medical Center Mainz have identified an enzyme responsible for aircraft-related vascular damage. They were also able to show that night-time noise has a particularly harmful effect and therefore demand...

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Copernicus Award 2018 for Stefan Anker

Cardiologists from Berlin and Wrocław to receive the award from the DFG and the Foundation for Polish Science / Award ceremony to take place on 25 October in Berlin

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Polarized cells give the heart its fully developed form

Explantierte Zebrafisch-Herzen bilden ihre Form eigenständig in der Petrischale, (links) – nicht aber, wenn der Frizzled-7a-Faktor des PCP-Signalweges fehlt: Das Herz bleibt ein Schlauch (rechts). © Anne M. Merks, MDC

When it first starts to develop, the heart is a simple tube. Reporting in the journal Nature Communications, researchers at MDC have now described how it forms itself into a its characteristic S-shape and how the ventricles and atria finally develop. Their findings will help...

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