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Last update: : 31.05.2017
Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin is often invisible for the body’s immune defense because it silences specific genes of the immune system. Scientists from the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) at the…
Press releaseLast update: : 30.05.2017
The substitution of a single amino acid in a metabolic enzyme can be the cause of various types of cancer. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg University Hospital,…
Press releaseLast update: : 29.05.2017
Nerve cells and blood vessels have striking common features during their development. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have shown that macrophages control the growth and…
Press releaseLast update: : 18.05.2017
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have copied a trick that dying cells use to prevent an undesired immune response. They now plan to develop this biological principle into a…
Press releaseLast update: : 16.05.2017
A defective gene leads to changes in the cellular layer between cerebrospinal fluid and brain nervous tissue, thus causing a buildup of fluid in the brain. This link, which scientists from the German…
Press releaseLast update: : 10.05.2017
With the help of molecular tumor diagnostics, cancer medicine is able to filter out individual cancer properties, in order to recommend the most promising and potentially successful treatment options…
Press releaseLast update: : 09.05.2017
From May 11th to May 13th the German Cancer Research Center is hosting the Second European Conference on Epigenetics and Cancer. About 200 scientists from all over the world will be exchanging views…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.05.2017
Lack of vitamin A in the body has a detrimental effect on the hematopoietic system in the bone marrow. The deficiency causes a loss of important blood stem cells, scientists from the German Cancer…
Press releaseLast update: : 04.05.2017
Aus der Wissenschaft – für die Politik: Nichtraucherschutz in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Akzeptanz in der Bevölkerung und Auswirkungen auf die Gastronomie. 2017 Aus der Wissenschaft – für die Politik…
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The International Journal of Cancer accepts articles for publication only if the identity of the cell lines used in the experiments is certified by a genetic test. The specialist journal of the UICC…
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