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Searchresult: Valuable Help in Pancreatic Surgery
Last update: : 16.08.2005
More safety for cancer patients during surgery is provided by a new software which enables physicians to plan and perform surgical operations with enhanced precision. Computational molecular…
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Searchresult: Dragnet Search for Cancer Genes
Last update: : 08.08.2005
Cancer is often caused by defects in the information pathways that regulate cell division. Dr. Michael Boutros, head of the Boveri group “Signaling and Functional Genomics" of the German Cancer…
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Searchresult: Novel Diagnostic Approach for Prostate Cancer
Last update: : 01.08.2005
Methods for early detection of cancer should be simple and reliable. In the case of prostate cancer, the S100A9 protein appears to be equal or even superior to prostate specific antigen (PSA) as a…
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Searchresult: Spoilt for Choice: Therapy Decisions for Skin Cancer PatientsSpoilt for Choice: Therapy Decisions for Skin Cancer Patients Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 29.07.2005
To select the optimal therapeutic strategy for malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, it is crucial to be able to discriminate, with high reliability, tumor stages and chances of…
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Searchresult: Novel Substance to Re-Program Tumor Cells
Last update: : 14.07.2005
Tumor cells often silence growth-inhibiting genes by chemically tagging specific building blocks of DNA. DKFZ scientists have now synthesized a substance that reverses these alterations.
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Searchresult: Decision About Life or Death
Last update: : 01.07.2005
Minute bodies in the nucleus, the nucleoli, have the function of stress sensors and give the starting signal for the cellular suicide program (apoptosis) when there is too much strain. This has been…
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Searchresult: Breaching the Tumor Firewall
Last update: : 22.06.2005
T cells with a regulatory function within the immune system respond differently to apoptosis triggers than T cells that mount the actual defense reaction (effector T cells). This has now been shown…
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Searchresult: "Murder on Demand": TAp63α to Induce Death of Cancer Cells"Murder on Demand": TAp63α to Induce Death of Cancer Cells Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 16.06.2005
The desired goal of successful chemotherapy is the sure death of cancer cells. The administered cytotoxins (“cell-stopping agents") are designed to cause a cell to commit suicide. However, tumor…
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Searchresult: Meat Found to Elevate, Fish to Lower Colorectal Cancer RiskMeat Found to Elevate, Fish to Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 14.06.2005
Those who like to eat ham and brats every day, significantly increase their risk of getting colorectal cancer. In contrast, if fish is a regular part of one’s diet, colorectal cancer risk is lowered.…
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Searchresult: Vegetarian Study: A little meat does no harm if your lifestyle is healthyVegetarian Study: A little meat does no harm if your lifestyle is healthy Press release content type: Press release
Last update: : 06.06.2005
You don’t have to be a vegetarian to grow as old as Methusaleh. If you refrain from smoking, consume alcohol moderately, stay physically active and avoid becoming overweight, you can dramatically…
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