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Last update: : 26.04.2012
The "Thinking and Experimental Laboratory" will be officially opened on May 2, 2012 as a new offering of the Heidelberg Life Science Lab. The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) provides a fully…
Press releaseLast update: : 03.04.2012
Two regions of the brain which are considered to be pivotal for spatial orientation and memory are directly connected with each other via long projections of inhibitory neurons. This is reported in…
Press releaseLast update: : 02.04.2012
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center have coupled the fungal toxin amanitin to an antibody which recognizes a cancer-typical target molecule. Like a guided missile, the antibody carries…
Press releaseLast update: : 28.03.2012
The French ‘Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale’ (Inserm) establishes another research group at the German Cancer Research Center. The research team headed by pathologist…
Press releaseLast update: : 22.03.2012
Jakob von Engelhardt leads a new Junior Research Group, "Synaptic Communication and Neurodegeneration", established by the German Center for NeurodegenerativeDiseases (DZNE) at the German Cancer…
Press releaseLast update: : 07.03.2012
In the cell nucleus, DNA wraps around what are called histone proteins, forming regularly spaced spherical bodies called nucleosomes. Thus, large portions of the genetic material are inaccessible to…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.03.2012
In February and March of this year, three new research consortia have started work at DKFZ. They are funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of its program "Systems…
Press releaseLast update: : 28.02.2012
March’s Bowel Cancer Awareness Month also marks the start of a model project of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) to improve early bowel cancer detection.…
Press releaseLast update: : 13.02.2012
Substances which suppress the immune system while simultaneously keeping viral infections in check would be an ideal drug for organ transplant recipients. Scientists of the German Cancer Research…
Press releaseLast update: : 30.01.2012
Glioblastomas are regarded as particularly aggressive brain tumors. In children with glioblastoma, Heidelberg scientists have now discovered genetic alterations that affect the function of DNA…
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