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Last update: : 26.01.2012
Professor Dr. Peter Krammer of the German Cancer Research (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) is awarded the 2011 German Cancer Aid Award (Deutscher Krebshilfe-Preis 2011) jointly with Professor…
Press releaseLast update: : 21.12.2011
Regulatory T cells (Tregs), which are part of the body’s immune system, downregulate the activity of other immune cells, thus preventing the development of autoimmune diseases or allergies.…
Press releaseLast update: : 15.12.2011
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have discovered a tiny RNA molecule, called miR-520, which at once blocks two important pathways in the development of cancer in cells. In…
Press releaseLast update: : 06.12.2011
Two DKFZ researchers at a time are awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant this year. One of the grants is awarded to a project of Prof. Michael Boutros, who endeavors to…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.12.2011
Oxidative stress is considered to be involved in a multitude of pathogenic processes and is also implicated in the proces of aging. For the first time, scientists of the German Cancer Research Center…
Press releaseLast update: : 29.11.2011
Up to now, scientists have assumed that mast cells, a certain type of immune cells, play a central role in the development of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.…
Press releaseLast update: : 24.11.2011
Coordinated by the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), a European research consortium is searching for ways to use brown fat tissue for combating widespread diseases such as type 2 diabetes and…
Press releaseLast update: : 23.11.2011
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg University Hospitals have tested a combination of radiation treatment and a substance that blocks the transforming growth factor…
Press releaseLast update: : 16.11.2011
The EUR 50,000 Meyenburg Award in 2011 goes to physicist Stefan Hell. He is honored for developing a whole new kind of light microscopy which makes it possible for the first time to observe living…
Press releaseLast update: : 08.11.2011
Many tumors cause chronic inflammations, which, in their turn, suppress specific attacks against the tumor by the immune system. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Medical…
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