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Diabetes, IDF, Environmental Health, EPI,

Rethinking Early Detection: Type 1 Diabetes in Young Adults

A population-based cohort study provides new data on the prevalence of early-stage type 1 diabetes in young adults, addressing a gap in epidemiological research. Using samples from the LISA and GINIplus cohorts and methodologies established in the…

NAKO und BABYDIAB Proben

Awards & Grants, Diabetes, IDF, Environmental Health, EPI,

Helmholtz Munich Secures Funding to Investigate Early-Stage Type 1 Diabetes in Adults

Helmholtz Munich has been awarded a prestigious grant of up to 900 000 US Dollar from Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization. The funding will support the research into early-stage T1D in adults,…

double portrait of Erika von Mutius and Önder Yildirim

Environmental Health, IAP, LHI,

Farm Dust Could Hold the Key to Preventing Asthma

For decades, scientists have puzzled over a striking observation: children who grow up on traditional farms are far less likely to develop allergies or asthma than their urban peers. What is it about farm life that protects young lungs?

photosynthesis green pattern

Environmental Health, EPI, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, IFE,

More Than Waste: Photorespiration Shapes the Plant Epigenome

Photorespiration has long been regarded as an energetically costly side reaction of photosynthesis, reducing plants’ net carbon gain. Now, researchers at Helmholtz Munich, in collaboration with Heidelberg University and the Technical University of…

Mental Health during Pandemic

Environmental Health, EPI,

Mental Health During the Pandemic: NAKO Shows Increased Burden

A recent study from the NAKO Health Study, involving researchers at Helmholtz Munich, shows that while a large proportion of the approximately 80,000 participants maintained stable mental health throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, symptoms of…

Nanomaterial - Gewebe

Environmental Health, PRM, LHI,

ToxAtlas: How Inhaled Nanomaterials Trigger Lung Inflammation at the Cellular Level

A new international study led by Dr. Tobias Stöger (LHI, Helmholtz Munich) and Prof. Herbert Schiller (PRM, Helmholtz Munich) has provided new insights into how inhaled nanomaterials spark inflammatory responses in the lungs.