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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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Searchresult: Alina Steinbach receives the Nicola Werner Prize for cancer researchAlina Steinbach receives the Nicola Werner Prize for cancer research Date: 19.12.2016 Press release content type: Press release
In her doctoral thesis, Alina Steinbach identified a mechanism by which HPV-positive tumor cells manage to escape an attack of the immune system. On Friday 16 December 2016, she received the Nicola…
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Searchresult: Using sound and light for navigating inside the body - Lena Maier-Hein has been awarded the Emil Salzer PrizeUsing sound and light for navigating inside the body - Lena Maier-Hein has been awarded the Emil Salzer Prize Date: 14.12.2016 Press release content type: Press release
When performing minimally invasive surgery, clinicians need to have imaging information from inside the body for spatial orientation and in order to differentiate malignant tissue from healthy…
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Searchresult: New paths in drug research
The need for novel drugs has never been greater. Average lifespans are increasing and the demand for new medications against common diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and dementia is continuously…
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Searchresult: DKTK Tübingen: €2.5 million for developing a novel cancer immunotherapyDKTK Tübingen: €2.5 million for developing a novel cancer immunotherapy Date: 01.12.2016 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists from the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) at Tübingen University Hospital have developed a promising bispecific antibody for use in immunotherapy of prostate cancer and so-called squamous…
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