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Searchresult: Two ERC grants go to the German Cancer Research Center
Last 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…
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Searchresult: Oxidative stress: Less harmful than suspected?
Last 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…
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Searchresult: Mysterious cells of the immune system: Immunologists at the German Cancer Research Center question the role of mast cells in autoimmune diseasesMysterious cells of the immune system: Immunologists at the German Cancer Research Center question the role of mast cells in autoimmune diseases Press release content type: Press release
Last 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.…
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Searchresult: Fighting Fat With Fat
Last 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…
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Searchresult: Enhanced treatment of brain tumors
Last 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…
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Searchresult: From microscopy to nanoscopy: 2011 Meyenburg Award goes to Stefan HellFrom microscopy to nanoscopy: 2011 Meyenburg Award goes to Stefan Hell Press release content type: Press release
Last 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…
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Searchresult: Using Viagra to Combat Malignant Melanoma
Last 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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Searchresult: Comprehensible, personal, up-to-date and rapid: E-mail service of the Cancer Information Service gets good grades from users in a surveyComprehensible, personal, up-to-date and rapid: E-mail service of the Cancer Information Service gets good grades from users in a survey Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 07.11.2011
Have we been able to help you with your inquiry at the Cancer Information Service? The e-mail service of the Cancer Information Service (Krebsinformationsdienst, KID) has questioned its users about…
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Searchresult: Alternate ending – living on without telomerase
Last update: : 03.11.2011
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have discovered an alternative mechanism for the extension of the telomere repeat sequence by DNA repair…
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Searchresult: Growth Without Cell Division: Heidelberg Researchers Describe Alternative Cell CycleGrowth Without Cell Division: Heidelberg Researchers Describe Alternative Cell Cycle Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 31.10.2011
When animals or humans grow, this is normally accomplished by many successive cell divisions. In plants and also in many simple animals, there is an alternative growth strategy: Cells double their…
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