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Searchresult: Blockage of insulin absorption – the role of the blood vessels in insulin resistanceBlockage of insulin absorption – the role of the blood vessels in insulin resistance Date: 27.03.2020 Press release content type: Press release
For insulin to take effect and glucose to be transported from the blood to the muscle cells, the hormone first has to cross the endothelium, the cell layer that lines the inside of the blood vessels.…
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Searchresult: Remote medical image diagnosis: DKFZ spin-off provides app free of charge during corona crisisRemote medical image diagnosis: DKFZ spin-off provides app free of charge during corona crisis Date: 26.03.2020 Press release content type: Press release
The current crises caused by the fast spread of covid-19 is forcing clinics and its medical staff to take actions that otherwise would require months or years: Home office and the provision of mobile…
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Searchresult: DKFZ researchers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemicDKFZ researchers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic Date: 24.03.2020 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) are playing an active part in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic and have set up a task force called fightCOVID@DKFZ. In collaboration…
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Searchresult: Interactions between cancer cells and fibroblasts promote metastasisInteractions between cancer cells and fibroblasts promote metastasis Date: 20.03.2020 Press release content type: Press release
In order to colonize other organs and grow into metastases, tumor cells that detach from the parent tumor need to manipulate their new microenvironment and create a 'metastatic niche'. Scientists…
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Searchresult: €2.45 m to investigate leukaemia causes and therapies€2.45 m to investigate leukaemia causes and therapies Date: 11.03.2020 Press release content type: Press release
The Heidelberg-based LeukoSyStem consortium investigates leukaemia stem cells in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research financially supports this…
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Searchresult: Intestinal microbes reprogram genetic activity, thus controlling intestinal development and inflammationIntestinal microbes reprogram genetic activity, thus controlling intestinal development and inflammation Date: 05.03.2020 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem demonstrated in mice that intestinal bacteria reprogram DNA activity in cells of the gut mucosa and thus have…
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Searchresult: Breast cancer: altered chromosomes lead to treatment resistanceBreast cancer: altered chromosomes lead to treatment resistance Date: 26.02.2020 Press release content type: Press release
If chromosomes are unevenly distributed or otherwise altered during cell division, this normally damages the daughter cells and impairs their viability. Not in cancer cells, however, in which…
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Searchresult: German Cancer Prize awarded to Andreas TrumppGerman Cancer Prize awarded to Andreas Trumpp Date: 19.02.2020 Press release content type: Press release
Identifying cancer stem cells in different types of cancer, finding their weak points, and using these results to counter the spread of tumors and curb their resistance to treatment are the goals…
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Searchresult: Using oxygen to make cancer visible
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center have developed a new method that uses oxygen to identify brain tumors more effectively by magnetic resonance tomography (MRT). To do so, they rely on…
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Searchresult: The most comprehensive map to date of the cancer genome publishedThe most comprehensive map to date of the cancer genome published Date: 05.02.2020 Press release content type: Press release
The great hope of precision oncology is to be able to recommend effective drugs to cancer patients based on an analysis of their tumor genome. Recommendations like these must draw on careful…
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