Entries by kapcarova

Diabetes is a threat also in Brno

At the last summit of the World Health Organization (WHO), which took place on January 21, experts focused mainly on the dangers of a slightly underestimated disease, namely diabetes. The final report highlights that diabetes became one of the top 10 causes of death in 2019, an increase of 70 percent since 2000. It literally […]

Protein GDF11 – friend or foe?

RNDr. Jan Fröhlich, Ph.D. and Manlio Vinciguerra, Ph.D., MSc of the Epigenetics, Metabolism and Aging Research Team, published a successful review in the journal Geroscience summarizing current knowledge on the effects of GDF11 on the development and progression of fibrotic lesions (scar tissue) in various organ systems. In recent years, the GDF11 protein has received […]

Alliance4Life Secured Funding for the Next Three Years

Alliance4Life’s new project A4L_ACTIONS, submitted under the Horizon 2020 programme, has been selected for funding. Alliance4Life’s next three years will thus be co-financed with a grant of 2 mil. EUR, which will allow a number of already successfully piloted good practices to be put into action. The Alliance4Life started as a project initiated by CEITEC […]