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24.09.2025

Since their discovery in 2004, the grid cells in the brain have been regarded as a kind of "GPS in the head." However, scientists at DKFZ and @uniklinik_hd have now shown that grid cells work much more flexibly than previously assumed. @NatureNeuro https://t.co/7AndI5Ezno

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24.09.2025

Seit ihrer Entdeckung im Jahr 2004 galten die für unsere Orientierung wichtigen Gitterzellen im Gehirn als eine Art "GPS im Kopf". Nun aber zeigen Forschende am DKFZ und @uniklinik_hd, dass Gitterzellen viel flexibler arbeiten als bisher vermutet. https://t.co/YXyNJFOq7F

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23.09.2025

Some forms of lung cancer are caused by a faulty fusion of two genes, resulting in different fusion variants. Researchers from DKFZ and @Stanford have shown that not all variants have the same effect. https://t.co/hONbdelOs5

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