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Searchresult: Protein test instead of cystoscopy
Last update: : 24.06.2014
A recent study from the Heidelberg-based company Sciomics, a spin-off from scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), has presented an advanced method to predict the recurrence of…
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Searchresult: Cancer genes hijack enhancers
Last update: : 23.06.2014
Medulloblastoma is the most common type of malignant brain tumor in children. Unlike most other forms of cancer, it exhibits very few mutations in growth-promoting genes. Thus the reasons for the…
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Searchresult: Towards individualized cancer medicine for each patient: Dietmar Hopp Foundation will support an initiative at the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg with €15 millionTowards individualized cancer medicine for each patient: Dietmar Hopp Foundation will support an initiative at the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg with €15 million Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 20.05.2014
Comprehensive genome analyses of cancer cells have shown that each tumor and cancer patient are unique and need to be treated individually. To pave the way, by 2015 the National Center for Tumor…
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Searchresult: Blocking cancer stem cells in the brain prolongs survival in miceBlocking cancer stem cells in the brain prolongs survival in mice Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 16.05.2014
In a study of malignant brain tumors in mice, scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have identified a key molecule that is responsible for the…
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Searchresult: Competition among cells prevents cancer
Last update: : 15.05.2014
T lymphocytes arise from the thymus gland, which plays an important role in the immune system. In this organ, immature progenitor cells originating in the bone marrow mature into immune system cells.…
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Searchresult: Exercise and heart disease: (Too) much does not help a lotExercise and heart disease: (Too) much does not help a lot Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 15.05.2014
How much physical activity provides the best chances of preventing a new infarction or stroke in heart disease patients? Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have discovered that…
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Searchresult: An "Achilles heel" of acute myeloid leukemia
Last update: : 07.05.2014
Heidelberg cancer researchers have found a new target in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A team of scientists headed by Prof. Dr. Stefan Fröhling from the National Center for Tumor…
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Searchresult: An iPad in the OR: Exhibit from the German Cancer Research Center on the science exhibition ship "MS Wissenschaft"An iPad in the OR: Exhibit from the German Cancer Research Center on the science exhibition ship "MS Wissenschaft" Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 06.05.2014
When performing minimally invasive surgery, clinicians need to know precisely how to insert instruments into a target region without injuring nearby organs. SurgeryPad, an invention from the German…
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Searchresult: Professor Jürgen Becker has been appointed to the Westdeutsches Tumorzentrum in EssenProfessor Jürgen Becker has been appointed to the Westdeutsches Tumorzentrum in Essen Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 25.04.2014
Professor Jürgen Becker will accept a professorship at the Westdeutsches Tumorzentrum in Essen as of September 1, 2014. It is the first of three professorships that the German Cancer Consortium…
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Searchresult: Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the German Cancer Research CenterFederal Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the German Cancer Research Center Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 23.04.2014
"50 years of DKFZ are 50 years of high-end research. My visit today is not the first time that I have heard of this institute, but I am very pleased to be here now for the first time," said Federal…
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