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Searchresult: Marieke Essers receives Chica and Heinz Schaller Award
Last 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…
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Searchresult: Pancreatic cancer: Gene duplication explains tumor aggressivenessPancreatic cancer: Gene duplication explains tumor aggressiveness Press release content type: Press release
Last 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…
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Searchresult: Kristian Pajtler received $100,000 award for brain cancer researchKristian Pajtler received $100,000 award for brain cancer research Press release content type: Press release
Last 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…
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Searchresult: A weak heart due to metabolic change
Last 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…
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Searchresult: Starving Tumors: New Target Discovered
Last 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…
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Searchresult: Modular gene enhancer promotes leukemia and regulates effectiveness of chemotherapyModular gene enhancer promotes leukemia and regulates effectiveness of chemotherapy Press release content type: Press release
Last 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…
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Searchresult: New research project on age-related diseases
Last 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…
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Searchresult: Genetic defect makes malignant smooth muscle tumors vulnerableGenetic defect makes malignant smooth muscle tumors vulnerable Press release content type: Press release
Last 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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Searchresult: Communicative peroxidases
Last update: : 09.01.2018
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are oxidizing molecules that are produced, for example, in cellular respiration and in inflammatory processes. They can damage cellular components and the genetic…
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Searchresult: Molecular super enhancers: A new key for targeted therapy of brain cancer in childrenMolecular super enhancers: A new key for targeted therapy of brain cancer in children Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 21.12.2017
Ependymoma refers to a heterogeneous group of cancers that can occur at any age and is one of the most common types of brain cancer in children. The genetic causes for its development are largely…
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