http://www.dkfz.de Press releases of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss dkfz press feeds generator 240 en-us presse@dkfz.de webmaster@dkfz.de Copyright by Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum http://www.dkfz.de/xml/images/rss_logo_dkfz.jpg http://www.dkfz.de 140 41 http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_11.php Heinz-Peter Schlemmer, new head of the Radiology Division at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) will concentrate his future work on the early detection of prostate, colon and lung cancers and on further developing biological imaging technologies. In doing so, Schlemmer will focus on a new ultrafast computer tomograph and on high field magnetic resonance imaging. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:08:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_11.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_10.php The signaling molecule CD95L, also known as ‘death messenger’, causes an inflammatory process in injured tissue after spinal cord injuries and, thus, prevents its healing. This discovery was published in the journal Immunity by scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ). In experiments with mice, the researchers found out that if they switch off CD95L, the injured spinal cord heals and the animals regain better ability to move. CD95L promotes harmful inflammatory processes in other tissues, too. Therefore, substances which block the death messenger might offer a new approach in the treatment of severe inflammatory diseases. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:57:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_10.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_09.php The Cancer Information Service of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg establishes its first outstation in Germany at the University Cancer Center in Dresden (Universitäts KrebsCentrum Dresden). As of March 2010, the new service will be staffed initially with two female doctors who will answer questions by telephone from patients and their families primarily from the East of Germany. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:09:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_09.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_08.php In March’s Bowel Cancer Awareness Month there will be many initiatives throughout Germany to provide information about bowel cancer and to encourage people to participate in early bowel cancer detection programs. The German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) will also participate in the awareness month activities, because recent results obtained at DKFZ show that early detection is particularly effective for this type of cancer. DKFZ’s Cancer Information Service will offer an extra telephone line for the topic of bowel cancer prevention throughout the month of March. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:35:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_08.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_07.php The German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) together with the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) will launch a grant program for young scientists. The “DKFZ-NCI Fellowship Program in Cancer Research” will enable young researchers from both institutes to work at the partnering institute for up to four years and subsequently create their own junior research groups. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:17:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_07.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_05.php The European Research Council will provide funding of 2.4 million euro over the next four years to support a research project of Christof Niehrs at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ). Niehrs investigates the processes of reactivation of silenced genes in cells. Disruption of this mechanism can cause cancer and other diseases. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:41:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_05.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_04.php The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) announced Ingrid Grummt from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg, Germany, as the winner of the Women in Science Award. Ingrid Grummt has made important contributions to the field of gene regulation throughout her science career. The 2010 FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award of 10,000 euro will be presented on 30 June at the 35th FEBS Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:17:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_04.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_03.php What is known as the Wnt signaling pathway plays an important role during embryonic development and also in diseases such as cancer. When the Wnt protein binds to its receptor on the cell surface, this triggers several steps within the cell which ultimately lead to tumor suppressor genes being switched off and, thus, cell division is started. Not all of the individual steps of this signaling pathway are known in detail yet. In particular, the mechanism by which the Wnt protein activates the Wnt receptor when binding to it was still unclear. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now made a substantial contribution to uncovering this mechanism. Their results have been published in the renowned specialist journal Science. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:24:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_03.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_02.php World-renowned cell biologist Professor Dr. Werner W. Franke celebrates his 70th birthday on January 31, 2010. Franke has been studying the protein skeleton of cells at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) since 1973. His work has contributed to improving the diagnosis of many cancers. Werner Franke is known to the broad public chiefly for his untiring fight against doping in top-level sports. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:11:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_02.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_01_e.php Persons who have had a colonoscopy in the past ten years are much less likely to be diagnosed with advanced precancerous stages of bowel cancer. Particularly on the left side of the colon, the risk for cancer and precancerous stages is dramatically reduced, as scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have found out. Their results underline the great potential of colonoscopy for preventing bowel cancer. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:18:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_01_e.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_60.php German scientists will participate in the largest and most ambitious biomedical research project since the Human Genome Project. Coordinated by the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ), the German participants of the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) will start their work in early January. Their aim is to analyze the molecular causes of childhood brain tumors. Scientists expect that the results of this research will help to find new approaches for developing targeted therapies with little side effects. The ICGC generates catalogues of characteristic genomic alterations found in the most relevant cancers across the globe. Twenty-two countries have joined the project so far. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Cancer Aid (Deutsche Krebshilfe e. V.) will provide funds of 15 million euros for Germany’s participation in ICGC over the next five years. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:17:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_60.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_59.php New Publications of the German Cancer Research Center Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:43:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_59.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_58.php Human papillomavirus type 16, the most common cause of cervical cancer, silences a key signaling molecule of immune response in its host cells. Once the body’s own immune defense is missing, the pathogens are able to infect the cells of the cervical mucosa even more successfully. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have found out that the viral E6 oncogene is responsible for this mechanism. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:34:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_58.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_58b.php The body’s own defense mechanisms are effective against breast cancer / Heidelberg researchers have published their results in "Cancer Research" Joint Press Release of Heidelberg University Hospitals and the German Cancer Research Center Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:49:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_58b.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_57.php Associate Professor (PD) Dr. Stefan Wiemann of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) has been elected spokesman of the Project Committee of the National Genome Research Network. This funding program supports projects in medical genome research aimed at fighting relevant widespread diseases. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:26:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_57.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_56.php Cornelia Ulrich heads the Department of Preventive Oncology at the National Center for Tumor Diseases. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:01:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_56.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_55.php Professor Harald zur Hausen, former Scientific Director of the German Cancer Research Center for many years and 2008 Medicine Nobel Prize Laureate is the new president of the German Cancer Aid (Deutsche Krebshilfe). He succeeds Professor Dagmar Schipanski, whose tenure ends after a decade at the end of the year. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:06:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_55.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_54.php The world’s leading experts in the fields of immune therapy and defects of the body’s own immune defense will be sharing their knowledge at an international symposium held at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) on November 19-20, 2009. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:49:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_54.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_53.php The AIDS virus (HIV) inserts its genetic material into the genome of the infected cell. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now shown for the first time that the virus almost entirely spares particular sites in the human genetic material in this process. This finding may be useful for developing new, specific AIDS drugs. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:25:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_53.php http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_52.php At the high-profile international competition in synthetic biology (iGEM) held by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, the Heidelberg team of undergraduates has reached a sensational second place in the overall evaluation. Moreover, the team headed by Professor Roland Eils of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and Heidelberg University has been awarded prizes for the best new standard and the best internet presentation (wiki). Thus, the Heidelberg team outperformed all other teams from top universities in the U.S. and Asia Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:06:00 GMT http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2009/dkfz_pm_09_52.php