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Last update: : 21.01.2013
Cancer of the prostate is the most common type of cancer in men. Unlike other tumor types, prostate cancer has good chances of successful treatment if diagnosed early. Researchers from around the…
Press releaseLast update: : 14.01.2013
Many cancer patients suffer from a dramatic loss of fat and muscle tissue. This extreme wasting, or cachexia, is often the actual cause of death in cancer patients. Heidelberg scientists have now…
Press releaseLast update: : 09.01.2013
The jury at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) chose two outstanding young researchers, Matthias Eder and Mathias Heikenwälder, whose research findings can be directly translated into clinical…
Press releaseLast update: : 09.01.2013
Researchers from the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) have been the first to generate oncolytic viruses which specifically infect and kill CD133-positive cancer stem cells. Using such viruses, scientists…
Press releaseLast update: : 03.01.2013
Tumors grow more rapidly if their genetic material is not sufficiently tagged with methyl groups, as scientists from the German Cancer Research Center have discovered. Such tags in the DNA appear to…
Press releaseLast update: : 17.12.2012
Oxidative stress is believed to cause a number of diseases. Up to now, it has been common practice to measure oxidative stress levels by determining the oxidation state of a small molecule called…
Press releaseLast update: : 06.12.2012
Natural killer cells (or NK cells), as part of the body´s immune system, can effectively fight cancer. Unfortunately, they quickly lose their aggressiveness and hence are unable to reject solid…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.12.2012
Smoking is "out", non-smoking is "in" – particularly among youth: The number of young people trying cigarettes or becoming regular smokers is declining. In the past decade, the smoker´s rate among…
Press releaseLast update: : 04.12.2012
The French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) awards its prestigious "Prix International" to Ingrid Grummt this year. The scientist from the German Cancer Research Center…
Press releaseLast update: : 03.12.2012
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have discovered a molecular switch that plays a role in the development of lymphoma: If a protein called…
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