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Last update: : 06.05.2014
When performing minimally invasive surgery, clinicians need to know precisely how to insert instruments into a target region without injuring nearby organs. SurgeryPad, an invention from the German…
Press releaseLast update: : 25.04.2014
Professor Jürgen Becker will accept a professorship at the Westdeutsches Tumorzentrum in Essen as of September 1, 2014. It is the first of three professorships that the German Cancer Consortium…
Press releaseLast update: : 23.04.2014
"50 years of DKFZ are 50 years of high-end research. My visit today is not the first time that I have heard of this institute, but I am very pleased to be here now for the first time," said Federal…
Press releaseLast update: : 15.04.2014
Certain types of human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause cervical cancer by settling in a body cell and inducing it to divide in an out-of-control process. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center…
Press releaseLast update: : 10.04.2014
Ependymoma is a rare but aggressive brain tumor that occurs in both children and adults. Only large international collaborative efforts such as the Cooperative Ependymoma Research Network (CERN) and…
Press releaseLast update: : 07.04.2014
Blood arises from stem cells in the bone marrow; in patients with a myelodysplastic disorder (MDS), defective stem cells reprogram their neighbors in the marrow to create a "niche" that promotes…
Press releaseLast update: : 07.04.2014
Chemotherapy drugs attack not only cancer cells but more generally rapidly dividing tissues. This can cause side effects ranging from hair loss to nausea to deadly infections. Scientists from the…
Press releaseLast update: : 02.04.2014
"The prevention, detection and treatment of cancer are preeminent goals in health policy. The DKFZ is the flagship of cancer research in Germany. It has brought forward the development of new…
Press releaseLast update: : 26.03.2014
Joint Press Release of the Dietmar Hopp Foundation and the German Cancer Research Center The Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM) at the German Cancer…
Press releaseLast update: : 19.03.2014
Joint press release of the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Scientists have known for some time that inflammations can promote the…
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