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Last update: : 07.07.2004
What exactly happens when a signaling molecule binds to the cell surface? The complex cellular reactions resulting from such a bond have now been made visible for the first time at a genetic level by…
Press releaseLast update: : 17.05.2004
The drug suramin was a breakthrough in the combat against sleeping sickness in the 1920s. Scientists of the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ) have now been able…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.04.2004
Rapamycin is a new drug which is being used for preventing organ rejection in kidney transplant patients. Since it suppresses the immune response and has a strong cell killing effect, it is a highly…
Press releaseLast update: : 08.03.2004
Scientists at the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg) were recently able to show in experiments with mice that a paralysis can be reversed by blocking…
Press releaseLast update: : 09.02.2004
Most cancers occur sporadically. At least 5.5 percent of cancer cases are based on a genetic predisposition. These are usually identified because first-degree relatives develop the same type of…
Press releaseLast update: : 05.02.2004
Dr. Michael Boutros of the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ) and an international team of collaborators have been the first to screen an almost complete genome…
Press releaseLast update: : 02.02.2004
Disease progression in patients suffering from B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia can vary considerably. For physicians treating these patients the prognosis of disease progression is an important…
Press releaseLast update: : 13.02.2003
From the search for cancer-specific chromosome damages to precision radiotherapy: Radiation – from visible light to gamma, x-ray, and positron radiation - has become a indispensible tool in almost…
Press releaseLast update: : 02.04.2001
Dr. Eberhard Amtmann and Dr. Marc Rösel at the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center) have collaborated with chemist Dr. Otto Schuster to found BioSphings AG, a new…
Press releaseLast update: : 20.03.2000
The Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center) licenses to MTM Laboratories AG (MTM = Molecular Tools in Medicine), Heidelberg, the international rights to use three of its…
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