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Last update: : 08.02.2018
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have been able to unravel how acetylcysteine, a well-known agent used as a cough medication, can protect cells from oxidative stress. In the…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.02.2018
A genome study has proven that all specimen of Marmorkrebs, or marbled crayfish, originate from a single female. About 30 years ago, the original clone evolved in an aquarium. Ever since, the female…
Press releaseLast update: : 01.02.2018
The Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation is honouring two excellent young researchers in the research city of Heidelberg with a highly endowed award for their work in the field of basic biomedical…
Press releaseLast update: : 31.01.2018
Pancreatic cancer is a form of cancer associated with the highest mortality rates in the world. However, until now genetic changes that could explain the aggressiveness and early metastasis of this…
Press releaseLast update: : 29.01.2018
Kristian Pajtler, a pediatric oncologist from the "Hopp Children's Cancer Center at the NCT Heidelberg" (KiTZ), received the 2018 CERN Scientific Fellowship Award with a monetary prize of 100,000 US…
Press releaseLast update: : 23.01.2018
The heart derives its energy primarily from fatty acids. However, if a metabolic shift to other energy sources takes place, this can result in congestive heart failure, scientists from the German…
Press releaseLast update: : 22.01.2018
Actively growing tumors have a high demand for oxygen and nutrients. Therefore, they stimulate the growth of blood vessels. This process is called angiogenesis. If tumor-associated angiogenesis is…
Press releaseLast update: : 18.01.2018
Every day, billions of new blood cells are generated in the bone marrow. The gene Myc is known to play an important role in this process, and is also known to play a role in cancer. Scientists from…
Press releaseLast update: : 15.01.2018
The German Cancer Research Center and the Helmholtz Zentrum München will be coordinating a project called "Aging and Metabolic Programming", or AMPro for short, over the next three years. All centers…
Press releaseLast update: : 10.01.2018
A research team under the leadership of scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg have conducted the first comprehensive…
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