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Last update: : 18.10.2013
Every cell in a woman’s body inactivates one of its two X chromosomes. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and Heidelberg University have…
Press releaseLast update: : 15.10.2013
Following a nomination by the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres has distinguished U.S. cancer researcher Prof. Dr. John Mendelsohn with the…
Press releaseLast update: : 15.10.2013
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), national and regional medical physics organizations were invited to nominate medical physicists, who have…
Press releaseLast update: : 14.10.2013
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have discovered that a drug called valproic acid increases the effectiveness of parvoviruses that are used against cancer. In some cases,…
Press releaseLast update: : 10.10.2013
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have discovered a gene mutation that leads to an overactive form of telomerase, the so-called "immortality…
Press releaseLast update: : 10.10.2013
Epstein-Barr viruses (EBV) are very common around the world; almost everybody is infected. In most cases, an infection causes no harm, but sometimes the outcome is a serious disease. EBV may lead to…
Press releaseLast update: : 27.09.2013
Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin condition that is very common in the Western world. Teams of researchers headed by Professor Michael Boutros at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
Press releaseLast update: : 26.09.2013
Blood cancers such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) commonly exhibit the loss, exchange, or extra copies of chromosomes or portions of them. The blood of patients often contains various "daughter…
Press releaseLast update: : 13.09.2013
Precancerous lesions of colorectal cancer can be detected and safely removed through a procedure called lower gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, making this measure very effective in cancer prevention.…
Press releaseLast update: : 11.09.2013
Public support for a ban on smoking in the catering industry has reached a new record high. According to a survey carried out on behalf of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
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