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Last update: : 22.06.2015
Joint Press Release by the German Cancer Research Center and Heidelberg University Hospital Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have developed an agent called PSMA-617, which is…
Press releaseLast update: : 15.06.2015
Tumor suppressor genes protect against cancer. Until now, scientists have had to perform complex experiments to detect whether or not a mutation or loss of this gene type does, in fact, cause cancer.…
Press releaseLast update: : 12.06.2015
Many tumors are infiltrated by cells of the innate immune system called eosinophils. Immunologists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) are now the first to show that eosinophils do, in…
Press releaseLast update: : 12.06.2015
Every time a cell divides, the ends of chromosomes – the threads of DNA residing in the nucleus – shorten a bit. Once the chromosome ends, called telomeres, become too short, cells normally stop…
Press releaseLast update: : 08.06.2015
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have identified an enzyme in mice that is involved in obesity and metabolic disruptions associated with it, such as type 2 diabetes. When the…
Press releaseLast update: : 26.05.2015
With the goal of enhancing the treatment of glioblastoma, the most aggressive type of brain cancer, scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have been searching for specific structures…
Press releaseLast update: : 20.05.2015
For World No Tobacco Day 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on countries to band together to stop tobacco smuggling. An important political tool for achieving this goal is the…
Press releaseLast update: : 12.05.2015
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have analyzed the DNA methylation patterns in 500 ependymomas - tumors that occur in the brain and spinal cord. They were able to distinguish…
Press releaseLast update: : 06.05.2015
CTS EVENTIM, Europe’s biggest provider of ticketing services, will finance an endowed chair in ‘Epigenetic Regulation’ at the German Cancer Research Centre (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum – DKFZ).…
Press releaseLast update: : 22.04.2015
Smokers increase their risk of heart attack and stroke with every cigarette they smoke. Furthermore, smokers who die from heart disease are, on average, five and a half years younger than non-smokers…
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