Scientists at the IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf, Germany, have shown that tire wear, age and temperature accelerate neurodegeneration (i.e. the decline of nerve cells) in models of the nematode C. elegans for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. The corresponding study was published in the journal Environmental Pollution. Düsseldorf, 01/06/2023. In

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new research unit on “Understanding aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) signaling in skin disorders” (FOR 5489). In this research unit, coordinated by the IUF ­– Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (speaker: Prof. Jean Krutmann), scientists of the IUF and the Medical Faculty of the Heinrich Heine University

A team of scientists from the IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf developed and validated a computational webserver which allows scientists to genotype mutations using nanopore sequencing. The results of this study were published in the renowned scientific journal Nucleic Acids Research. (Düsseldorf, 15-JULY-2022) – Diseases of genetic cause can be

Leibniz-Forschungsprojekt untersucht Auswirkungen von Mineralstaub und Mikroben auf Cabo Verde. Cabo Verde/Leipzig/Düsseldorf. Millionen Menschen sind weltweit den Auswirkungen von Staubstürmen ausgesetzt. Mineralstäube können Atemwegserkrankungen verursachen. Wenig bekannt ist aber über die Zusammenhänge zwischen den chemischen und physikalischen Eigenschaften des Staubes und den Mikroben, die über den Staub in die Lungen gelangen können. Das Leibniz-Projekt DUSTRISK

A team of scientists from the Medical Faculty of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf developed a multicellular model for human neurometabolic diseases associated with mitochondrial complex I deficiency and identified a potential therapeutic compound as well as its underlying mechanism. The results

Researchers from the IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf showed that particular nanoparticles affect nutrient uptake in the roundworm. The study was published in “Nanotoxicology”. Düsseldorf, 25.10.2019. Nanoparticles from silicon dioxide (silica; SiO2) are added to food products for example as anticaking agent. Recent research results from the model organism Caenorhabditis