2 June 2025 The ReALity Initiative is happy to present its next workshop, hosted by Prof. Dr. Daniela Kramer and Prof. Dr. Michael Delacher titled: “Intersystems Communication in Immunology” S
Imagine sitting in a small café on the Mediterranean coast on a sunny afternoon. In front of you is a colourful plate of fresh salad, dressed with a dash of golden olive oil. This scene is not only
Info Service on healthy ageing
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Impaired proteostasis and autophagy are two closely linked primary hallmarks of ageing. Autophagy is the process by which cells break down and recycle their components.Cellular waste disposal
Curing age-related diseases and prolonging life? Age-related diseases are the main reason why we die. In Germany, for example, a total of 1,066,341 people died in 2022. More than a third of these (33
Our bodies do not continuously lose function throughout our lives. Instead, we accumulate illnesses and our body's ability to regenerate decreases more the older we get. Measuring ageing One wa
Record holders for long life Born before the French Revolution and already older than any human that ever lived when the Titanic sank, the Greenland shark is the world’s oldest known vertebrate. It l
Our genetic material is constantly at risk The DNA in each of our cells is damaged around 100,000 times every day. That's an average of more than once per second! Since we are made up of over 1013 ce
Protection for the ends of our genetic material Each of us begins life as a single cell, which grows to form an entire organism. This process requires many, many cell divisions to produce the ~10,000
Epigenetic markers control gene activity The blueprints for all the proteins that keep our cells running are stored in the DNA. To make the DNA fit in the cell nucleus, it is wrapped around his
