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Last update: : 30.08.2007
The loss of the protein VMP1 in cancer cells increases their tendency to detach from the initial tumor - the first step towards metastasis. The reason for this, as scientists of the German Cancer…
Press releaseLast update: : 20.08.2007
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have shown that the genetic defect that causes Cockayne Syndrome affects a key function of the cell - the…
Press releaseLast update: : 15.08.2007
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum) and the Heidelberg University Hospitals have discovered that pancreatic cancer attracts regulatory T cells, which…
Press releaseLast update: : 31.07.2007
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have shown how the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis) is regulated by a network of hundreds of…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.07.2007
For some years now, scientists throughout the world have been in a position to use the complete base sequence of the human genome for their analyses. A question often encountered is whether or not…
Press releaseLast update: : 02.07.2007
Due to defects in chromosomal distribution, a majority of tumor cells would not be able to survive were it not for a trick that cancer cells have developed to avoid this chaos in the genetic…
Press releaseLast update: : 26.06.2007
Among the key communication systems within a cell is the Wnt signaling pathway, which regulates embryonic development and whose deregulation can also contribute to cancer development. Scientists at…
Press releaseLast update: : 06.02.2007
For several years now, cancer researchers have been studying a mechanism that contributes to the development of malignant tumors: The cell attaches small molecules containing a carbon atom, called…
Press releaseLast update: : 01.02.2007
Breast cancer patients, whose direct relatives (mother or sister) are also affected by the disease, have a particularly high risk of developing a second breast cancer of independent origin.…
Press releaseLast update: : 27.11.2006
The exchange of a single gene building block in the genetic material of the tuberculosis bacterium leads to resistance to the antibiotic rifampicin. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center…
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