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Searchresult: Reprogrammed blood vessels promote cancer spreadReprogrammed blood vessels promote cancer spread Date: 01.03.2017 Press release content type: Press release
Tumor cells use the bloodstream to spread in the body. To reach the blood, they first have to pass the wall of the vessel. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
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Searchresult: Personalized cancer immunotherapy
The new Helmholtz Institute HI-TRON is a collaboration of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg and the Research Institute for Translational Oncology (TRON) at the University Medical…
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Searchresult: Epstein-Barr virus and cancer: new tricks from an old dogEpstein-Barr virus and cancer: new tricks from an old dog Date: 13.02.2017 Press release content type: Press release
Joint press release of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), and the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm) Almost…
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Searchresult: DKTK Berlin: The Variety of the Tumor in 3DDKTK Berlin: The Variety of the Tumor in 3D Date: 02.02.2017 Press release content type: Press release
During its formation, every tumor receives a specific genetic profile, which can be utilized for personalized cancer therapy. But even within one tumor, various regions can develop which have…
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Searchresult: Immune System with a Timer
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center and the Heidelberg University Hospital have discovered a previously unknown feedback mechanism of the human immune system. Their research shows how…
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Searchresult: Cancer diagnosis from the blood – Fact or fiction?Cancer diagnosis from the blood – Fact or fiction? Date: 27.01.2017 Press release content type: Press release
Can a simple blood sample test replace an invasive biopsy of tumor tissue? Can a few milliliters of blood make even mammography and colonoscopy unnecessary? What are the facts about the cancer blood…
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Searchresult: Lack of oxygen turns cancer cells into dangerous "sleeper cells"Lack of oxygen turns cancer cells into dangerous "sleeper cells" Date: 24.01.2017 Press release content type: Press release
For a long time it was considered an established fact that cervical cancer, which is caused by human papillomaviruses (HPV), depends on two specific viral proteins. If they are absent, the cancer…
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Searchresult: "The chances of recovery for severely ill children are being further improved""The chances of recovery for severely ill children are being further improved" Date: 18.01.2017 Press release content type: Press release
To commemorate the founding of the Hopp Children's Tumor Center at the NCT Heidelberg (KiTZ) by the Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Institute (DKFZ), the first Child…
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Searchresult: DKFZ-researcher receives ERC-Grant
ERC Consolidator Grants by the European Research Council (ERC) support excellent researchers to help them consolidate their independent careers. Aurelio Teleman from the German Cancer Research Center…
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Searchresult: Programmable gene scissors revolutionize life sciencesProgrammable gene scissors revolutionize life sciences Date: 20.12.2016 Press release content type: Press release
The Meyenburg Prize 2016 endowed with 50,000 Euros goes to the microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier from the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin. She receives the award for her…
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