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Last update: : 23.08.2012
Two decades after the fall of the Wall, cancer survival rates in East and West Germany have become almost equal. This is reported in a recent study by a team of epidemiologists from the German Cancer…
Press releaseLast update: : 20.08.2012
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have developed "RNA switches" which allow them to specifically turn on and off genes in viruses. This will help to enhance regulation of gene…
Press releaseLast update: : 26.07.2012
As part of the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC), scientists in a project coordinated by the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) are systematically investigating the genomes of pediatric…
Press releaseLast update: : 23.07.2012
Parvoviruses specifically kill cancer cells and are already in the clinical trial stage for treating malignant brain tumors. However, as they can also infect normal cells - without doing any harm to…
Press releaseLast update: : 10.07.2012
Special white blood cells called T lymphocytes (‘T’ stands for thymus derived) originate, like all other blood cells, from progenitor cells in the bone marrow. The cells then mature in the thymus…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.07.2012
A high school student team of Heidelberg Life Science Lab at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) wins high-profile Synthetic Biology competition
Press releaseLast update: : 02.07.2012
Public approval of a smoke-free catering industry continues to grow. According to a survey commissioned by the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg,…
Press releaseLast update: : 29.06.2012
Associate Professor (PD) Dr. Dr. Angelika Riemer and her Junior Research Group at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) are working to develop a vaccine that is…
Press releaseLast update: : 25.06.2012
In many diseases, from infections through to cancer, the protein metabolism in the cell is defective. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Center for Molecular Biology of…
Press releaseLast update: : 18.06.2012
An analysis of available medical literature suggests smoking was linked to increased mortality in older patients and that smoking cessation was associated with reduced mortality at an older age,…
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