Three million euros for European research initiative to develop new technology to regenerate the brain
Over the next four years, Helmholtz Munich participates in a European research consortium, aiming to develop an innovative technology that could boost the regeneration of neurons in diseases that currently have limited therapeutic options. The…
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New method to investigate the structure and dynamics of challenging membrane proteins
Researchers created a new approach to reduce the complexity of the NMR experiments and facilitate the investigation of membrane protein systems of pharmaceutical importance.
MISATO Dataset: Transforming Drug Discovery with AI
A team led by Helmholtz Munich scientist Dr. Grzegorz Popowicz unveils the Molecular Interactions Structurally Optimized (MISATO) dataset, offering a transformative approach to training AI models for designing new drug molecules. MISATO represents a…
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First Patient Administered New Drug for Brain Tumor Treatment
In an ongoing phase 1 clinical trial targeting malignant glioblastoma, the initial patient has received a dosage of a novel drug candidate, derived from an antibody originating at Helmholtz Munich. This innovative compound, coupled with a…
Identification of a key factor for splicing long introns
Mutations in FUBP1 cause defective gene regulation in glioma cells
Pre-mRNA splicing is an essential step in the maturation of mRNA in which introns are removed and the remaining exons are linked to create a mature mRNA as template for proteins.…