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Searchresult: "A cordial welcome" - DKFZ staff donate for refugees
Last update: : 29.10.2015
More than 950 bags filled with urgently needed in-kind gifts for children and adults, along with five moving boxes filled with sneakers: The staff of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) very…
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Searchresult: Comment on the report about increased cancer risk from meat and processed meatComment on the report about increased cancer risk from meat and processed meat Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 27.10.2015
By Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2008, former DKFZ Chairman and Scientific Director from 1983 until 2003
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Searchresult: Inflammations identified as breeding sites for liver cancerInflammations identified as breeding sites for liver cancer Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 26.10.2015
Researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg and Hebrew University in Jerusalem have discovered that liver cancer emanates from inflammatory lymphoid-like structures that…
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Searchresult: RNA glue for the protein assembly line
Last update: : 16.10.2015
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have discovered how RNA molecules regulate the structure of the nucleolus and drive the synthesis of the cellular machinery needed for protein…
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Searchresult: Neuroblastoma: Activated telomerase is responsible for aggressive courseNeuroblastoma: Activated telomerase is responsible for aggressive course Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 15.10.2015
Neuroblastoma, a tumor of the peripheral nervous system, is one of the most common forms of cancer in children. In some patients, these tumors regress completely without any treatment, whereas in…
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Searchresult: Tolerant immune system increases cancer risk
Last update: : 05.10.2015
Immune tolerance occurs when regulatory T cells suppress the activity of tumor-fighting immune cells. If this immune tolerance is very distinct, the risk for lung cancer increases by 100 percent and…
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Searchresult: Breast Cancer Awareness Month October: Will imaging replace biopsies in cases of suspected breast cancer?Breast Cancer Awareness Month October: Will imaging replace biopsies in cases of suspected breast cancer? Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 01.10.2015
Each year, approximately 2.8 million women have a mammography as part of the breast cancer screening program in Germany. In about 35,000 of these cases, the procedure reveals a suspicious finding…
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Searchresult: Cancer as system error – International conference at the German Cancer Research CenterCancer as system error – International conference at the German Cancer Research Center Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 24.09.2015
Inflammation, blood supply, or metabolism: Many body functions influence cancer development or spread. From September 28th to 30th, scientists from around the globe met at the German Cancer Research…
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Searchresult: Key without a lock: Only the balance between receptors controls blood vessel developmentKey without a lock: Only the balance between receptors controls blood vessel development Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 10.09.2015
Tie1 is a receptor on the surface of blood vessel wall cells whose binding partner has not yet been found. Mice whose cells have no Tie1 are not viable. Scientists from the German Cancer Research…
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Searchresult: Michael Boutros to become acting DKFZ Chairman and Scientific DirectorMichael Boutros to become acting DKFZ Chairman and Scientific Director Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 01.09.2015
The DKFZ Board of Trustees has confirmed today that Professor Michael Boutros will become acting Chairman and Scientific Member of the Management Board of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
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