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Last update: : 25.10.2012
The Dietmar Hopp Foundation will fund the Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM) at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) for another five years.
Press releaseLast update: : 22.10.2012
The genetic information in the nucleus is found packaged into nucleosomes for the most part. The position of these structures influences which genes are active and which are not. Scientists at the…
Press releaseLast update: : 17.10.2012
Based on a combination of molecular-biological data with clinical parameters, it is possible to classify glioblastoma, the most malignant type of brain tumor, into six subgroups. An international…
Press releaseLast update: : 15.10.2012
Cancer researchers, stem cell researchers and tumor stem cell researchers will convene for the fourth time at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg…
Press releaseLast update: : 01.10.2012
Many tumor cells have a defective cellular equipment. It is only by a special trick that they manage to distribute their chromosomes correctly to their daughter cells during cell division. Scientists…
Press releaseLast update: : 25.09.2012
Breathing air in festival tents is heavily polluted by contaminants from tobacco smoke. This is the result of measurements which are now made available to the public in a new report. Commissioned by…
Press releaseLast update: : 20.09.2012
Patients with oropharyngeal cancers have a more favorable prognosis if their tumors are caused by human papillomaviruses. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
Press releaseLast update: : 17.09.2012
The Wnt signaling protein plays an important part in embryonic development and also in the development of diseases such as cancer. It has been unknown until now just how Wnt is carried from cell to…
Press releaseLast update: : 13.09.2012
The tobacco industry uses a large number of additives to increase the attractiveness of cigarettes. The PITOC (Public Information on Tobacco Control) project informs the public about the substances…
Press releaseLast update: : 03.09.2012
The German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and Precisis AG jointly present a prototype of a mechanical radiation collimator which will make it possible, for the first…
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