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Last update: : 08.11.2006
Neuroblastoma is among the types of cancer that particularly often affect children. Between one and three girls and boys in 100,000 are diagnosed with this growth of the nervous system before age 14.…
Press releaseLast update: : 19.10.2006
There are many causes of infertility. The fact that nerve cells can also play a role is little known. The hormone estrogen regulates the activity of neurons that give the starting signal for…
Press releaseLast update: : 17.10.2006
The Award Winner 2006 “The cell’s fountain of youth“, but also “Achilles’ heel of the tumor“ - this is how the telomerase enzyme was dubbed by the press. Professor Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn,…
Press releaseLast update: : 09.10.2006
In breast cancer, the detection of hormone receptors is key for choosing the right treatment. A novel test on the basis of gene analysis has been developed by scientists of the German Cancer Research…
Press releaseLast update: : 28.09.2006
New methods of functional imaging make it possible to precisely describe all parameters of lung function. So far, these advanced diagnostic technologies are available only at selected facilities such…
Press releaseLast update: : 15.09.2006
Researchers in Italy have demonstrated how Helicobacter pylori triggers the first step of cancer development in cells of the gastric mucosa. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
Press releaseLast update: : 14.09.2006
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) are systematically screening unknown gene products for cancer-relevant properties and have come across a…
Press releaseLast update: : 13.09.2006
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and the Martini Clinic of the University Hospitals in Hamburg-Eppendorf have identified a gene activity…
Press releaseLast update: : 30.08.2006
Modern imaging technologies provide doctors with ever more precise images of our inner body. However, traditional imaging is not always sufficient to make a secure and exact diagnosis. Particularly…
Press releaseLast update: : 29.08.2006
Autism is a genetically induced malfunction in the development of the brain, in which at least three, possibly up to 100 genes are involved. Researchers of the Division of Molecular Genome Analysis…
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