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Searchresult: A new gold standard to improve cancer genome analysis
Last update: : 09.12.2015
When various labs are asked to investigate cancer cell genomes in search of mutations, their results can sometimes show significant variations, a team of scientists from the International Cancer…
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Searchresult: How does nicotine affect health, and why are e-cigarettes and e-shishas accompanied by health risks?How does nicotine affect health, and why are e-cigarettes and e-shishas accompanied by health risks? Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 02.12.2015
Nicotine is not harmless. In fact, it is toxic and entails serious health risks – even if it is consumed by delivery devices such as e-cigarettes without the toxic substances contained in tobacco…
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Searchresult: A quota for women in science?
Last update: : 23.11.2015
Attracting more women to senior positions in science is a challenge most research institutes in Germany are presently facing. Whether and how this can be achieved as well as the potential role of…
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Searchresult: Possible New Mechanism for Aspirin’s Role in Cancer PreventionPossible New Mechanism for Aspirin’s Role in Cancer Prevention Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 20.11.2015
Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA, "Aspirin"), has been shown to decrease the risk of colorectal cancer and possibly other cancers. However, the risk of side effects, including in some cases severe…
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Searchresult: Surprising signal to control male fertility
Last update: : 20.11.2015
Sperm cells mature during their transit in the epididymis and thus acquire their ability to fertilize ova. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg and the Institute of…
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Searchresult: How the immune system recognizes cancer: 2015 Meyenburg Award for Ton SchumacherHow the immune system recognizes cancer: 2015 Meyenburg Award for Ton Schumacher Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 11.11.2015
Immunologist Ton Schumacher from the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam is being honored with the 2015 Meyenburg Award, which carries a €50,000 monetary prize. He receives the award for his…
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Searchresult: Malignant network makes brain cancer resistant
Last update: : 09.11.2015
Glioblastoma is the most malignant type of brain cancer. Physicians and scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and from Heidelberg University Hospital have now reported in "Nature"…
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Searchresult: Swiss Bridge Award for research on breast cancer stem cellsSwiss Bridge Award for research on breast cancer stem cells Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 04.11.2015
Andreas Trumpp from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM) has been awarded this year’s Swiss Bridge Award for…
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Searchresult: Tobacco Atlas Germany 2015: New data, new facts
Last update: : 03.11.2015
In Germany, 121,000 people die from the consequences of smoking each year. This means that smoking is implicated in 13.5 percent of all deaths. The death rate from smoking is higher in the north of…
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Searchresult: A Cray-active Solution for Cancer Research
Last update: : 02.11.2015
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg have discovered a new species which is helping them understand epigenetics: the marbled crayfish. Procambarus virginalis appears…
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