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Searchresult: Anticoagulants reduce the number of brain metastases in miceAnticoagulants reduce the number of brain metastases in mice Date: 05.01.2021 Press release content type: Press release
Brain metastases can only develop if cancer cells first exit the fine blood vessels and enter into the brain tissue. To facilitate this step, cancer cells influence blood clotting, as scientists from…
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Searchresult: Artificial intelligence enables new imaging methodsArtificial intelligence enables new imaging methods Date: 09.12.2020 Press release content type: Press release
With its "ERC-Consolidator Grants", the European Research Council (ERC) supports excellent young scientists in developing their independent career. Lena Maier Hein from the German Cancer Research…
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Searchresult: Childhood cancer: Molecular super-enhancers determine progression of neuroblastomasChildhood cancer: Molecular super-enhancers determine progression of neuroblastomas Date: 07.12.2020 Press release content type: Press release
Childhood neuroblastomas display extreme differences in the way they develop: they can shrink spontaneously or spread aggressively to healthy tissue. It is molecular super-enhancers that activate the…
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Searchresult: One for all
AI-based evaluation of medical imaging data usually requires a specially developed algorithm for each task. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have now presented a new method…
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Searchresult: Neurobiologist Hannah Monyer Receives Lautenschläger Research PrizeNeurobiologist Hannah Monyer Receives Lautenschläger Research Prize Date: 04.12.2020 Press release content type: Press release
Heidelberg neurobiologist Prof. Dr Hannah Monyer, an internationally renowned expert in the field of brain research, is being honoured with the 2020 Lautenschläger Research Prize. The prize is…
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Searchresult: Biomarkers for a long life
Epidemiologist Bernard Srour from the German Cancer Research Center receives one of the prizes for young scientists awarded annually by the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller. The young scientist…
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Searchresult: Twelve "highly cited researchers" at DKFZ again in 2020Twelve "highly cited researchers" at DKFZ again in 2020 Date: 18.11.2020 Press release content type: Press release
In 2020, twelve scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have again made it to the top: They are among the leading one percent of the world's highly…
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Searchresult: Preventing diabetes means preventing cancerPreventing diabetes means preventing cancer Date: 11.11.2020 Press release content type: Press release
On the occasion of World Diabetes Day on November 14, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) is providing information about the links between cancer and diabetes – and why a healthy lifestyle can…
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Searchresult: How Molecular Chaperones Dissolve Protein Aggregates Linked To Parkinson’s DiseaseHow Molecular Chaperones Dissolve Protein Aggregates Linked To Parkinson’s Disease Date: 11.11.2020 Press release content type: Press release
In many neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's, protein aggregates form in the brain and are assumed to contribute to neuronal cell death. Yet there exists a cellular defense mechanism that…
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Searchresult: Sharing algorithms instead of data
The new Joint Imaging Platform – JIP for short – is a flexible, decentralized analysis platform for medical images. The JIP was initially developed for the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) sites. It…
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