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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
Call for Papers – Infectious Disease: Evolution, Mechanisms and Global Health
Showcase your latest research on our upcoming Special Issue: Infectious Disease: Evolution, Mechanisms and Global Health. This issue will be coordinated by DMM Editors Sumana Sanyal and David Tobin alongside Guest Editors Judi Allen and Russell Vance. The deadline for submitting articles to this Special Issue is Monday 20 January 2025.
Biologists @ 100 - join us in Liverpool in March 2025
We are excited to invite you to a unique scientific conference, celebrating the 100-year anniversary of The Company of Biologists, and bringing together our different communities. The conference will incorporate a DMM programme on antimicrobial resistance on 26 March 2025. Find out more and register to join us in March 2025 in Liverpool, UK.
New Special Issue: Translating Multiscale Research in Rare Disease. Edited by Monica Justice, Monkol Lek, Karen Liu and Kate Rauen.
This special issue features original Research, Resources & Methods and Review-type articles that aim to interrogate the mechanisms of rare diseases to foster meaningful clinical progress in their diagnosis and treatment.
Subject collection: Building advocacy into research
DMM’s series - Building advocacy into research - features interviews, ‘The Patient’s Voice’, with patients and advocates for a range of disease types, with the aim of supporting the highest quality research for the benefit of all patients affected by disease.
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.
