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Last update: : 03.11.2015
In Germany, 121,000 people die from the consequences of smoking each year. This means that smoking is implicated in 13.5 percent of all deaths. The death rate from smoking is higher in the north of…
Press releaseLast update: : 02.11.2015
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg have discovered a new species which is helping them understand epigenetics: the marbled crayfish. Procambarus virginalis appears…
Press releaseLast update: : 29.10.2015
More than 950 bags filled with urgently needed in-kind gifts for children and adults, along with five moving boxes filled with sneakers: The staff of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) very…
Press releaseLast update: : 27.10.2015
By Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2008, former DKFZ Chairman and Scientific Director from 1983 until 2003
Press releaseLast update: : 26.10.2015
Researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg and Hebrew University in Jerusalem have discovered that liver cancer emanates from inflammatory lymphoid-like structures that…
Press releaseLast update: : 16.10.2015
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have discovered how RNA molecules regulate the structure of the nucleolus and drive the synthesis of the cellular machinery needed for protein…
Press releaseLast update: : 15.10.2015
Neuroblastoma, a tumor of the peripheral nervous system, is one of the most common forms of cancer in children. In some patients, these tumors regress completely without any treatment, whereas in…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.10.2015
Immune tolerance occurs when regulatory T cells suppress the activity of tumor-fighting immune cells. If this immune tolerance is very distinct, the risk for lung cancer increases by 100 percent and…
Press releaseLast update: : 01.10.2015
Each year, approximately 2.8 million women have a mammography as part of the breast cancer screening program in Germany. In about 35,000 of these cases, the procedure reveals a suspicious finding…
Press releaseLast update: : 24.09.2015
Inflammation, blood supply, or metabolism: Many body functions influence cancer development or spread. From September 28th to 30th, scientists from around the globe met at the German Cancer Research…
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