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Last update: : 21.08.2006
With his book entitled "Infections Causing Human Cancer", Professor Harald zur Hausen, former Chairman of the Management Board and Scientific Director of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
Press releaseLast update: : 18.07.2006
According to a survey, colorectal cancer patients rate their quality of life after treatment as good, particularly if they have to cope with small physical restrictions only. But the emotional and…
Press releaseLast update: : 17.07.2006
Patients with Crohn’s disease of the colon have one copy less than healthy persons of the beta-defensin 2 gene, a gene coding for an important defense molecule of the body. An international research…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.07.2006
The world’s first vaccine that was developed to prevent a specific type of cancer was launched on the US market in late June. Research results obtained by scientists of the German Cancer Cancer…
Press releaseLast update: : 07.06.2006
Peptide aptamers are able to bind with high specificity to target proteins in the cell and block their functions. Scientists of a research group headed by Professor Felix Hoppe-Seyler of the German…
Press releaseLast update: : 30.05.2006
The Wnt signaling pathway regulates important steps in the embryonic development of all organisms. Defects in the control of this molecular communication pathway also contribute to tumor development.…
Press releaseLast update: : 24.05.2006
Good news for women with inherited mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes: A woman’s risk to develop breast cancer after age 40 is the lower, the more pregnancies she has had. This is the result of the…
Press releaseLast update: : 10.05.2006
Among the major antagonists of programmed cell death, or apoptosis, are the proteins of the cFLIP family. cFLIPs are produced at elevated levels in many tumors. They prevent chemotherapy or…
Press releaseLast update: : 08.05.2006
It has been known for a long time that much of a cell’s RNA stems from DNA regions called intergenic spacers (IGS) that lie between two genes and do not code for proteins. A research group headed by…
Press releaseLast update: : 03.05.2006
If the Helicobacter pylori bacterium is found in the stomach, the risk of stomach cancer for persons with a high intake of meat increases fivefold. This is the result of a data evaluation within…
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