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Searchresult: Mysterious gene transcripts after cancer therapyMysterious gene transcripts after cancer therapy Date: 12.06.2017 Press release content type: Press release
Drugs that are used in cancer therapy to erase epigenetic alterations in cancer cells simultaneously promote the production of countless mysterious gene transcripts, scientists from the German Cancer…
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Searchresult: How bile duct cancer develops and how it can be preventedHow bile duct cancer develops and how it can be prevented Date: 12.06.2017 Press release content type: Press release
What promotes the development of bile duct cancer in the liver? Are these factors different from those that are responsible for the much more common hepatocellular carcinomas? Scientists from the…
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Searchresult: Cancer prevention: Colonoscopy could save even more livesCancer prevention: Colonoscopy could save even more lives Date: 06.06.2017 Press release content type: Press release
Colonoscopy presumably prevented more than 25,000 deaths from colorectal cancer in Germany in the years 2008-2011, scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) report. They also…
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Searchresult: DKTK Essen/Düsseldorf: New findings support immunotherapy of skin cancerDKTK Essen/Düsseldorf: New findings support immunotherapy of skin cancer Date: 31.05.2017 Press release content type: Press release
Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin is often invisible for the body’s immune defense because it silences specific genes of the immune system. Scientists from the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) at the…
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Searchresult: Blocking cancer-specific mutations in leukemia and brain tumorsBlocking cancer-specific mutations in leukemia and brain tumors Date: 30.05.2017 Press release content type: Press release
The substitution of a single amino acid in a metabolic enzyme can be the cause of various types of cancer. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg University Hospital,…
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Searchresult: Macrophages control the development of nerves and blood vessels in the brainMacrophages control the development of nerves and blood vessels in the brain Date: 29.05.2017 Press release content type: Press release
Nerve cells and blood vessels have striking common features during their development. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have shown that macrophages control the growth and…
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Searchresult: Stop signal for dangerous immune responsesStop signal for dangerous immune responses Date: 18.05.2017 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have copied a trick that dying cells use to prevent an undesired immune response. They now plan to develop this biological principle into a…
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Searchresult: Defective intercellular connections cause hydrocephalusDefective intercellular connections cause hydrocephalus Date: 16.05.2017 Press release content type: Press release
A defective gene leads to changes in the cellular layer between cerebrospinal fluid and brain nervous tissue, thus causing a buildup of fluid in the brain. This link, which scientists from the German…
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Searchresult: Diagnosis of children’s brain tumors – not every tumor marker is helpfulDiagnosis of children’s brain tumors – not every tumor marker is helpful Date: 10.05.2017 Press release content type: Press release
With the help of molecular tumor diagnostics, cancer medicine is able to filter out individual cancer properties, in order to recommend the most promising and potentially successful treatment options…
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Searchresult: Second European Conference on Epigenetics and CancerSecond European Conference on Epigenetics and Cancer Date: 09.05.2017 Press release content type: Press release
From May 11th to May 13th the German Cancer Research Center is hosting the Second European Conference on Epigenetics and Cancer. About 200 scientists from all over the world will be exchanging views…
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