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Last update: : 11.03.2020
The Heidelberg-based LeukoSyStem consortium investigates leukaemia stem cells in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research financially supports this…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.03.2020
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem demonstrated in mice that intestinal bacteria reprogram DNA activity in cells of the gut mucosa and thus have…
Press releaseLast update: : 26.02.2020
If chromosomes are unevenly distributed or otherwise altered during cell division, this normally damages the daughter cells and impairs their viability. Not in cancer cells, however, in which…
Press releaseLast update: : 19.02.2020
Identifying cancer stem cells in different types of cancer, finding their weak points, and using these results to counter the spread of tumors and curb their resistance to treatment are the goals…
Press releaseLast update: : 18.02.2020
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center have developed a new method that uses oxygen to identify brain tumors more effectively by magnetic resonance tomography (MRT). To do so, they rely on…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.02.2020
The great hope of precision oncology is to be able to recommend effective drugs to cancer patients based on an analysis of their tumor genome. Recommendations like these must draw on careful…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.02.2020
To gain an infinite lifespan, cancer cells need to maintain the ends of their chromosomes, known as telomeres. They achieve this in various different ways. Scientists from the German Cancer Research…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.02.2020
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center systematically investigated the DNA of more than 2,600 tumor samples from patients with 38 different types of cancer to discover traces of viruses –…
Press releaseLast update: : 21.01.2020
By creating the new position of Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), the German Cancer Research Center is helping to ensure that research results find their way to clinical application – and to…
Press releaseLast update: : 15.01.2020
Ana Banito, scientist at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg" (KiTZ) received the Award of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and…
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