Congratulations to Günter Schwarz and his team at the Institute of Biochemistry @chemunicologne.bsky.social not the Medical Biochemistry this time 😉

🔬 Research Team Discovers Potential Treatment for Rare Childhood Disease 🧬

A team at @bccologne.bsky.social has made a significant breakthrough in the treatment of the STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy (SAVI). The SAVI is a severe genetic disorder that is currently incurable.

Article on the mass eXit of German universities from plattform X in protest against anti-democratic discourse pushed by Elon Musks algorithms.

This is a turning point.

We Europeans have the power to push X into irrelevance across our continent. Freeze or delete your accounts now.

Media, it’s time to stop citing X.

Dozens of universities are leading the way. Let’s limit Elon Musk’s influence in 🇪🇺.

#eXit #SciXit #Democracy

The latest work by Alvise Schiavinato, Gerhard Sengle and coworkers @bccologne.bsky.social @uniklinikkoeln.bsky.social identified EMILINs as important markers to monitor rearrangements of the dermal #ECM architecture induced by aging and pathological conditions. rdcu.be/d33Z3

Exciting twist on membrane protein quality control. Congratulations to Nik Sergejevs and Pedro Carvalho @dunnschool.bsky.social as well to all contributing authors including Dönem Avci and Marius Lemberg @bccologne.bsky.social

Hello World! ⭐

We’re CECAD Cologne, a cutting-edge research center dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of #Aging and promoting healthier, longer lives! Follow us for the latest discoveries, insights, and events in #AgingResearch! 🧬🔬👩‍🔬

www.cecad.uni-koeln.de

Promising new treatment approach for severe COVID-19! Clinical trial with Fas ligand blocker shows faster recovery & reduced mortality. Approach targets immune overreaction, potentially effective against future viruses too. Read more
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Liquid droplets cut membranes without protein scissors. A study led by Roland Knorr and an international team shows that tiny liquid droplets, known as biomolecular condensates, cut membranes of plant cells without the need for specialized proteins. Read more www.nature.com/articles/d41...