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Searchresult: How cancer viruses protect their host cells against tumor therapiesHow cancer viruses protect their host cells against tumor therapies Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 15.04.2014
Certain types of human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause cervical cancer by settling in a body cell and inducing it to divide in an out-of-control process. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center…
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Searchresult: Ependymoma Awareness Day celebrating breakthroughs in cooperative ependymoma researchEpendymoma Awareness Day celebrating breakthroughs in cooperative ependymoma research Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 10.04.2014
Ependymoma is a rare but aggressive brain tumor that occurs in both children and adults. Only large international collaborative efforts such as the Cooperative Ependymoma Research Network (CERN) and…
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Searchresult: Abnormal blood stem cells reprogram their environment
Last update: : 07.04.2014
Blood arises from stem cells in the bone marrow; in patients with a myelodysplastic disorder (MDS), defective stem cells reprogram their neighbors in the marrow to create a "niche" that promotes…
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Searchresult: Plant compound protects healthy cells from chemotherapy drugsPlant compound protects healthy cells from chemotherapy drugs Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 07.04.2014
Chemotherapy drugs attack not only cancer cells but more generally rapidly dividing tissues. This can cause side effects ranging from hair loss to nausea to deadly infections. Scientists from the…
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Searchresult: 50 years of research for life without cancer
Last update: : 02.04.2014
"The prevention, detection and treatment of cancer are preeminent goals in health policy. The DKFZ is the flagship of cancer research in Germany. It has brought forward the development of new…
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Searchresult: Five years of successful stem cell research at HI-STEM
Last update: : 26.03.2014
Joint Press Release of the Dietmar Hopp Foundation and the German Cancer Research Center The Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM) at the German Cancer…
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Searchresult: Inflammation stimulates the mobility of cancer cells
Last update: : 19.03.2014
Joint press release of the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Scientists have known for some time that inflammations can promote the…
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Searchresult: Stem cell gene therapy: Chances and risks
Last update: : 13.03.2014
Physicians and scientists from Munich and Heidelberg have now proven the long-term effectiveness of stem cell gene therapy, based on a study of patients from the first clinical trial worldwide using…
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Searchresult: DKTK Frankfurt: German Cancer Award for Simone Fulda
Last update: : 28.02.2014
Joint press release of the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research and the University Hospital Frankfurt Professor Simone Fulda, a pediatrician and cancer researcher in the German…
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Searchresult: New vaccine against papillomaviruses protects mice from skin cancerNew vaccine against papillomaviruses protects mice from skin cancer Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 24.02.2014
Scientists have suspected that non-melanoma skin cancer in patients who have received organ transplants can be caused not only by UV radiation, but also by simultaneous infection with specific types…
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