Search
Last update: : 22.01.2014
Using viruses to fight cancer is a novel approach to treatment that is being tested in clinical trials around the globe. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
Press releaseLast update: : 19.12.2013
Joint press release of the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research and Freiburg University Hospital Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging (MRI) have become indispensable…
Press releaseLast update: : 18.12.2013
Four young researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have simultaneously been honored with science awards. Dr. Irène Baccelli and Dr. Dominik Sturm shared the €4,500 Richtzenhain…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.12.2013
EUROCARE-5, the largest European study on cancer survival, delivers an important indicator for the quality of health care systems. The study was carried out with a major participation of scientists…
Press releaseLast update: : 27.11.2013
US biochemist Nathanael Gray is being honored with the 2013 Meyenburg Award for excellence in cancer research, which carries a €50,000 monetary prize. The award recognizes Gray’s discovery of…
Press releaseLast update: : 15.11.2013
In about half of all cases of high-grade malignant glioma in children, a mutation is found in a DNA packaging protein (histone) called H3.3. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
Press releaseLast update: : 11.11.2013
Healing a wound requires immune cells and repair material to travel through the bloodstream to reach the site of damage. Since blood vessels in the area have been destroyed, new ones have to grow…
Press releaseLast update: : 30.10.2013
When cells start growing out of control, the body has a potent mechanism to protect itself from cancer: programmed cell death, or apoptosis. It is induced by an enzyme called HIPK2 and other…
Press releaseLast update: : 28.10.2013
The cells of our immune system can be effective weapons against cancer. To do so they need to leave the bloodstream and reach the tumor, but changes in its surroundings often prevent them from doing…
Press releaseLast update: : 24.10.2013
Cancer often arises as a result of defects in genes known as tumor suppressors that inhibit cell growth. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have studied how the loss of a tumor…
Press release