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Searchresult: Sugar metabolism controls intestinal regeneration
Last update: : 14.09.2018
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center and Heidelberg University have discovered a surprising connection between sugar metabolism and the adaptation of intestinal tissue to the nutritional…
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Searchresult: 2018 Erwin Schrödinger Prize: Enhanced detection and treatment of prostate cancer2018 Erwin Schrödinger Prize: Enhanced detection and treatment of prostate cancer Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 12.09.2018
This year's Stifterverband Science Award – Erwin Schrödinger Prize goes to an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Heidelberg. Scientists Matthias Eder, Michael Eisenhut, Uwe Haberkorn and…
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Searchresult: New approach uncovers tumor promoting signaling pathway in common children’s brain tumorNew approach uncovers tumor promoting signaling pathway in common children’s brain tumor Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 11.09.2018
A study conducted by researchers of the "Hopp-Children's Cancer Center at the NCT Heidelberg (KiTZ)" together with colleagues from the Institute Curie (Orsay, France) and the University Hospital…
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Searchresult: Figures for Germany determined for the first time: Avoidable risk factors cause 37 percent of all cancer casesFigures for Germany determined for the first time: Avoidable risk factors cause 37 percent of all cancer cases Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 03.09.2018
How many cancer cases in Germany are attributable to risk factors that we can influence ourselves? How many cancer cases are linked to cigarette smoking, being overweight or physical inactivity and,…
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Searchresult: Triple ERC success for DKFZ junior researchers
Last update: : 14.08.2018
The European Research Council (ERC) awards Starting Grants to support excellent young scientists when they are starting an independent science career. In this year's round of proposals, three…
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Searchresult: Joining forces for immune research
Last update: : 13.08.2018
The initiative "Immunology & Inflammation" unifies efforts in immunological research within the Helmholtz Association. 23 working groups from five Helmholtz Centers are joining forces to address some…
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Searchresult: Combined imaging provides more information about the tumorCombined imaging provides more information about the tumor Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 01.08.2018
The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) has installed the world's first combined device combining a 9.4 Tesla high-field MRI with a PET scanner. In combination, the two imaging methods provide…
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Searchresult: Cancer drug - in a different way than expected
Last update: : 01.08.2018
The kinase PLK1 is overexpressed in a broad spectrum of human tumors. The enzyme is therefore considered an oncogene and a promising target structure for new cancer therapeutics. However, scientists…
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Searchresult: Dieter Morszeck Foundation: Outstanding commitment to the German Cancer Research CenterDieter Morszeck Foundation: Outstanding commitment to the German Cancer Research Center Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 30.07.2018
Cologne entrepreneur Dieter Morszeck, former CEO and owner of RIMOWA, donated part of his assets to the RIMOWA Dieter Morszeck Foundation in 2017. The foundation has three major focuses of which…
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Searchresult: Sleeping sickness: Pathogens camouflage themselves with sugarSleeping sickness: Pathogens camouflage themselves with sugar Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 10.07.2018
It has long been known that the pathogens causing sleeping sickness evade the immune system by exchanging their surface proteins. But now scientists at the German Cancer Research Center have found an…
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