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Searchresult: One million € funding for the development of norovirus therapeuticsOne million € funding for the development of norovirus therapeutics Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 08.08.2016
Grant Hansman, head of the CHS Research Group noroviruses, has raised funding under the BMBF funding program "Validation of the Technological and Social Innovation Potential of Scientific Research"…
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Searchresult: DKTK Berlin and Heidelberg: New Biomarker for cancer immunotherapy?DKTK Berlin and Heidelberg: New Biomarker for cancer immunotherapy? Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 01.08.2016
The Ligand PD-L1 is one of the most important targets for cancer immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors. But not all tumors have sufficient quantities of PD-L1 ligands on their surface. Scientists…
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Searchresult: The melody of epigenetics
Last update: : 29.07.2016
David Brocks, a PhD student at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), has developed a method that enables him to make epigenetic differences between cancer cells and healthy cells audible. To do…
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Searchresult: Lutz Gissmann has received the Maurice Hilleman Award for groundbreaking accomplishments in vaccine researchLutz Gissmann has received the Maurice Hilleman Award for groundbreaking accomplishments in vaccine research Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 27.07.2016
Lutz Gissmann from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) has been honored with the award in recognition of his research results, which were seminal contributions to the development of a vaccine…
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Searchresult: 2016 Windaus Award for Dietrich Keppler
Last update: : 19.07.2016
Dietrich Keppler, who was head of a research division at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) until 2007, has been awarded the 2016 international Adolf Windaus…
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Searchresult: Misaligned chromosomes give breast cancer cells a selection advantageMisaligned chromosomes give breast cancer cells a selection advantage Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 29.06.2016
If chromosomes are distributed unevenly during cell division, this has a negative effect on the survival of daughter cells. However, in many cancer types, misaligned chromosomes are associated with a…
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Searchresult: Tricks of Ticking time bomb Hepatitis B Virus
Last update: : 20.06.2016
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes hepatitis B, an infectious disease that afflicts 230 million people worldwide, thereof 440 000 in Germany. Persistence of the virus in liver cells leads to progressive…
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Searchresult: Immunotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer for the first time utilizes the innate immune systemImmunotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer for the first time utilizes the innate immune system Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 09.06.2016
Metastasized colorectal cancer is difficult to treat. Scientists at the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and the Heidelberg University Hospital in collaboration with the German Cancer…
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Searchresult: A tumor where the soul resides
Last update: : 03.06.2016
World Brain Tumor Day: Interview with Professor Wolfgang Wick, head of the Clinical Cooperation Unit "Neurooncology" of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Managing Director of the Neurology…
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Searchresult: Pancreatic cancer: Aggressive behavior from the start
Last update: : 01.06.2016
A microRNA suppresses the ability of cancer cells in the pancreas to invade surrounding tissue and spread metastases, researchers at the German Cancer Research Center and colleagues revealed in their…
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