Press releases
Please note that some press releases of the IUF are of local interest and are therefore only published in German. They can be found on the German version of this site.
Press releases 2019
Düsseldorf, 25. October 2019
Food additives in nano size affect nutrient uptake – midget particles lead
to midget worms
Researchers from the IUF – Leibniz Research
Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf showed that particular nanoparticles
affect nutrient uptake in the roundworm. The study was recently published in “Nanotoxicology”. →Continue reading ...
Düsseldorf, 22. August 2019
Clean air for a sustainable future
The IUF
jointly participates with two more Leibniz institutes in a BMBF funded project
for the improvement of air quality in Manila. Within this project, the group of
Dr. Tamara Schikowski coordinates and conducts the work package on health
effects. Please find more details on the project in the press release of the
TROPOS published on August 22, 2019.
Link to the press release
Press releases 2018
Düsseldorf, 23. November 2018
Newly
developed eczema during aging: What
influence do genes and air pollution have?
Little
is known about eczema in the elderly. New insights on this topic were recently
published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. They are based on
a two-step investigation of researchers from the IUF in Düsseldorf, Germany. →Continue reading ...
Düsseldorf, 21. November 2018
More
insights into healthy aging mechanisms from the roundworm
What
mechanisms ensure healthy aging? Researchers from IUF and HHU in Düsseldorf
investigate this in the roundworm, an established organism for aging research.
A study which was recently published in EMBO Reports provides new insights into
the mechanisms of longevity promoted by reduced mitochondrial activity. →Continue reading ...
Düsseldorf, 30. August 2018
More than just a DNA repair deficiency syndrome – impaired acetylation in Cockayne syndrome B
By studying the skin phenotype of the hereditary disease Cockayne syndrome researchers at the IUF and HHU Düsseldorf have found a mechanism which can prevent the loss of subcutaneous fat, i.e. one of the cardinal symptoms of Cockayne syndrome. This study was now published in “Science Translational Medicine”. →Continue reading ...
DFG Animal Welfare Prize goes to researcher from IUF
Prof.
Ellen Fritsche from IUF will be awarded the Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG). The award ceremony will take place in Berlin on 23rd of November 2018. More information is provided by the press release of the DFG published on 27th of July 2018.
Link to the press release
Düsseldorf, 22. June 2018
Caffeine from four cups of coffee protects the heart with the help of mitochondria
PLOS has chosen the following article to publish a press release: Ale-Agha N, Goy C, Jakobs P, Spyridopoulos I, Gonnissen S,
Dyballa-Rukes N, et al.: CDKN1B/p27 is localized in mitochondria
and improves respiration-dependent processes in the cardiovascular
system - New mode of action for caffeine. PLoS Biol 16(6): e2004408, 2018.
Link to the press release
Düsseldorf, 15. March 2018
Cognitive impairment in the elderly – What is the role of air pollution and lung function?
A study from scientists at IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf, Germany, published in the „European Respiratory Journal“, indicates that poor lung function is not only a risk factor for cognitive impairment in elderly people but also partially mediates negative effects of air pollution on cognition. →Continue reading ...
Press releases 2017
Düsseldorf, 13. September 2017
Tracking the effects of air pollution on the brain
Researchers from the IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf (Germany) showed in collaboration with the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in Bilthoven (The Netherlands) and with the Division of Molecular Psychiatry at the University Medical Center Göttingen (Germany) that traffic-related airborne pollutants accelerate the formation of amyloid plaques and enhance motor function impairment in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. The corresponding study was recently published in the international journal „Particle and Fibre Toxicology“. →Continue reading ...
Press releases 2016
Düsseldorf, 28 November 2016
Receptor and nutrition influence skin barrier
Researchers from the IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental
Medicine showed that the aryl hydrocarbon receptor plays a central role in skin
barrier integrity, and that the skin barrier can be influenced by nutrition. →Continue reading ...
Düsseldorf, 27 October 2016
Ectoine reduces chronic lung inflammation: A new therapeutic approach against COPD
Researchers at the IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine demonstrate for the first time the efficacy of the natural compound ectoine against chronic lung inflammation in an inhalation study with female volunteers from the industrial Ruhr region. →Continue reading ...