Rare gene variants identified that play a role in hereditary male hair loss

Researchers find puzzle pieces for hair loss

27-Sep-2023 - Previous research into male pattern hair loss, also termed androgenetic alopecia, has implicated multiple common genetic variants. Human geneticists from the University Hospital of Bonn (UKB) and by the Transdisciplinary Research Unit "Life & Health" of the University of Bonn have now performed a ...

Blue light for RNA control

Researchers regulate the activity of RNA molecules

02-Sep-2019 - Messenger RNA molecules contain genetic information and thus control the synthesis of proteins in living cells. Biochemists at the University of Bayreuth and the University of Bonn have now discovered a way to regulate this process which is central to gene expression: Certain actinobacteria ...

Therapy Optimisation by Analysing the Genome

15-May-2019 - The University Hospital Bonn plans to have a stronger focus on pharmacogenetics – thus emphasising the influence of genetic characteristics on the effect of medications. This idea embodies the approach for personalised medicine. To integrate extensive pharmacogenetic analysis into the clinical ...

Termination of lethal arrhythmia with light

14-Sep-2016 - A research team from the University of Bonn has succeeded for the first time in using light stimuli to stop life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia in mouse hearts. Furthermore, as shown in computer simulations at Johns Hopkins University, this technique could also be used successfully for human ...