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Last update: : 29.06.2022
Mitochondria are the power plants of cells, and they contain their own genetic material and RNA molecules. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)…
Press releaseLast update: : 23.06.2022
Does COVID-19 vaccination increase the risk of cancer patients undergoing therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors to suffer a dangerous immune complication known as a "cytokine release syndrome"? A…
Press releaseLast update: : 20.06.2022
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) studied the human immune response after immunization with the malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum. Their goal was to find out against which…
Press releaseLast update: : 14.06.2022
Problems with short-term memory in middle age could be early signs of dementia later in life. This was found by scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg University and the…
Press releaseLast update: : 01.06.2022
Infografik: Zigarettenkippen – Gift für die Umwelt. 2022 Zigarettenkippen Gift für die Umwelt Zigarettenfilter bestehen aus Plastik und sind nicht biologisch abbaubar Giftcocktail im Filter Nikotin…
DocumentLast update: : 01.06.2022
Researchers discover how leukaemia-associated gene mutations steadily commandeer blood cell production over a lifetime, and how these changes relate to ageing and cancer development. The new study is…
Press releaseLast update: : 19.05.2022
With a scientific symposium, the German Cancer Research Center honors Günther Schütz, a great scientist and highly respected former colleague who died two years ago at the age of 80. Günther Schütz…
Press releaseLast update: : 09.05.2022
Stem cells in the bone marrow keep replenishing us with blood cells until the day we die. They do this by dividing into a daughter cell that becomes a blood cell, and a second cell that remains a…
Press releaseLast update: : 28.04.2022
Certain childhood tumors have an extreme need for amino acids. Scientists at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the University of…
Press releaseLast update: : 26.04.2022
With its "Advanced Grants", the European Research Council ERC supports visionary projects in basic research. This year, the Council awarded cancer researcher Andreas Trumpp, Division Head at the…
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