Press Releases

Image shows detail of mouth of talking woman

04/18/2023

A Computer-assisted Procedure Classifies Ataxia-related Speech Disturbances

Researchers at DZNE and the University Hospital Bonn, together with the Berlin-based company PeakProfiling GmbH, have developed a digital technology that recognizes the severity of speech disturbances resulting from ataxia, a brain disease, with great accuracy. …

Pcture shows microscope image of a mouse brain that was genetically changed in its embryonic stage.

02/15/2023

The centrosome plays an important role in neuron migration

Researchers from the DZNE have solved an important puzzle in neurobiology: the wiring and the movement of nerve cells are interwoven, but separately controlled.

01/06/2023

Social contact strengthens dementia patients and can improve disease progression

New study on treatment and care for people with dementia published.

12/13/2022

Longevity treatments do not slow aging

Three approaches with a reputation for slowing aging processes have proven largely ineffective. For their study, researchers developed a new method to measure aging, which accounts for the complexity of aging in organisms.

Microscopic images of lab-grown mini-retinas, so called human retina organoids.

11/30/2022

New potential mechanism for vision loss discovered

Thanks to laboratory produced human mini-retinas, researchers were able to observe complex changes in the retina as they occur in macular degeneration.

11/17/2022

New target for Alzheimer's therapies found

DZNE researchers discover link between the protein medin and Alzheimer's disease.

11/02/2022

New approaches to treatment of ALS at the DZNE

A drug from immunotherapy could slow down the progression of the severe neurodegenerative disease.

10/14/2022

Speech as a new diagnostic tool in ALS and FTD

The speech of patients with neurodegenerative diseases gradually changes. Thanks to the help of artificial intelligence, even the slightest changes can become the basis for a diagnosis.