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Cover: Photomicrograph of ileal tissue from an infant born at 29.3 weeks gestation who developed spontaneous intestinal perforation requiring ileal resection. Tissue is stained for Paneth cells using Lendrum's phloxine-tartrazine staining. Positive cells contain dark red granules and are located at the base of the intestinal crypts. See article by Zhang et al. on page 522. - PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of contents
In This Issue
Research Highlights
Journal Club
Maple syrup urine disease: new insights from a zebrafish model
Summary and comment on a recent Disease Models & Mechanisms paper entitled ‘Mutation of zebrafish dihydrolipoamide branched-chain transacylase E2 results in motor dysfunction and models maple syrup urine disease’ (Friedrich et al., 2012).
A Model For Life
Thoughts of a retired scientist: an interview with Martin Raff
Martin Raff is an Emeritus Professor at University College London (UCL), where he worked for more than 30 years on various aspects of immunology, cell biology and neurobiology until his retirement in 2002. In this interview, he recounts the thrill of his first few years in science, and discusses his current fascination with the fast-moving field of neuropsychiatric disorders.
Commentary
Perspectives
Research Articles
Locally expressed IGF1 propeptide improves mouse heart function in induced dilated cardiomyopathy by blocking myocardial fibrosis and SRF-dependent CTGF induction
Research Reports
History of our journals
As our publisher, The Company of Biologists, turns 100 years old, read about DMM’s history and explore the journey of each of our sister journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology and Biology Open.
A new perspective on disease research
DMM publishes perspectives – peer-reviewed articles that provide expert analysis of a topic important to the disease research community. Read our collection from authors presenting new or potentially controversial ideas or hypotheses, to help address future challenges and forge new directions.
Read & Publish Open Access publishing: what authors say
We have had great feedback from authors who have benefitted from our Read & Publish agreement with their institution and have been able to publish Open Access with us without paying an APC. Read what they had to say.
