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Searchresult: Felix Burda Awards for Commitment to Colorectal Cancer Screening Presented to Researchers from DKFZ and NCTFelix Burda Awards for Commitment to Colorectal Cancer Screening Presented to Researchers from DKFZ and NCT Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 15.04.2013
On Sunday, April 14, the Felix Burda Awards were presented for the eleventh time. The award in the category "Medicine and Science" went to Dr. Christian Stock, Dr. Michael Hoffmeister and Professor…
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Searchresult: Immunotherapies against cancer: German Cancer Research Center to broaden strategic alliance with Bayer HealthCareImmunotherapies against cancer: German Cancer Research Center to broaden strategic alliance with Bayer HealthCare Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 10.04.2013
The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Bayer HealthCare (Bayer) will extend their successful strategic research alliance in search of novel cancer therapeutics by focusing their activities also…
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Searchresult: Harald zur Hausen elected into the First Class of the Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research AcademyHarald zur Hausen elected into the First Class of the Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 03.04.2013
The American Association for Cancer Research will inaugurate the first class of the Fellows of the AACR Academy at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10. Among the first…
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Searchresult: Gangliosides Transmit Satiety Signal
Last update: : 27.03.2013
The hypothalamus regulates – alongside other vital functions –food intake and adjusts it to energy needs. In neurons of this brain region, scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
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Searchresult: Breast Cancer Risk: Genes and Environment Interacting
Last update: : 27.03.2013
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg have been the first to prove that genetic and environmental risk factors for breast cancer do…
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Searchresult: German Cancer Award for Stefan Pfister
Last update: : 21.03.2013
Professor Dr. Stefan Pfister, a molecular biologist and pediatrician, studies the molecular characteristics of brain cancer in children. He discovered changes in the tumor genomes which are already…
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Searchresult: Fat Deposits Melting Away by Gene Switch
Last update: : 20.03.2013
A recently discovered gene switch controls decomposition of fat in white adipose tissue, as Heidelberg metabolism researchers have reported in CELL Metabolism. The more of this switch adipose cells…
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Searchresult: "Searching for a Needle in a Needle Stack"
Last update: : 18.03.2013
Which structures of cancer-causing human papillomaviruses (HPV) are promising targets for developing a therapeutic vaccine? Which markers can be found in the blood of pancreatic cancer patients?…
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Searchresult: Not by Chance: Risk Factor Discovered for Cancer-Specific MutationNot by Chance: Risk Factor Discovered for Cancer-Specific Mutation Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 18.03.2013
In multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow, there are two "spelling variations" of the gene coding for the cyclin D1 protein. One of them increases the risk for a specific mutation in which…
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Searchresult: Brain Cancer in Children and Young Adults
Last update: : 14.03.2013
Specialists for pediatric brain tumors from all over Germany will meet in Heidelberg on March 15 and 16 to discuss current diagnosis and treatment options for young patients. Internationally renowned…
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