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The fight against Parkinson's
How would you test new drugs for Parkinson's? Or Alzheimer's? Animals don't really get these diseases and we cannot and do not want to experiment on people. As our population grows older, neurodegenerative disorders are becoming more common, and the need for treatment grows. Thus, we combine the stem cell revolution of the past few years with robotics and 3D cell culture, and designed ways to create human brain cells in a dish. Now, we can observe what happens when Parkinson’s takes hold, and we can also use these cells to test new drugs that can prevent or treat the disease.
​Dr. Jan Bruder
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine
From fish embryos to human patients: studying the lymphatic vasculature in health and disease
Next to our blood vessel system, there is a different type of vasculature, namely the lymphatic vessels. Lymphatic vessels have physiological roles completely different from blood vessels, as they control fluid distribution within the body, but also contribute to immune functions and inflammatory response. The discussion will cover the important role of the lymphatics in human health and disease, and it will shed light on how we study lymphatics in (disease) model systems, such as zebrafish and mice.
Prof. Dr. Stefan Schulte-Merker
Universität Münster