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Evolutionarily young miniproteins are unique in humans, and researchers have recently discovered thousands of them. Writing in Molecular Cell, Norbert Hübner and colleagues from the BIH and other institutions describe the origins of these tiny proteins and explain that they...

Four teams of leading scientists from the UK, Germany and the Netherlands will collaborate on projects to accelerate progress in the detection and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The British Heart Foundation (BHF), the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and...

The so-called "gene scissors" CRISPR/Cas9 can be used to specifically modify DNA: Researchers worldwide hope to be able to use it to better combat cancer and hereditary diseases such as congenital heart defects. Scientists at Heidelberg University have now succeeded in optimizing...