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Searchresult: Heroes and cancer – Teenagers and young adults are in the focus of the latest "einblick" issueHeroes and cancer – Teenagers and young adults are in the focus of the latest "einblick" issue Date: 04.01.2016 Press release content type: Press release
Superheroes save the world. Cancer researchers and physicians do not aspire to do so, but they do struggle for their patients’ lives every day. Young people also play an important role in this…
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Searchresult: ERC Starting Grant for Stefan Gröschel
The European Research Council (ERC) awards "Starting Grants" to support excellent young scientists who are starting an independent science career. Stefan Gröschel, a medical researcher from the…
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Searchresult: A new gold standard to improve cancer genome analysisA new gold standard to improve cancer genome analysis Date: 09.12.2015 Press release content type: Press release
When various labs are asked to investigate cancer cell genomes in search of mutations, their results can sometimes show significant variations, a team of scientists from the International Cancer…
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Searchresult: How does nicotine affect health, and why are e-cigarettes and e-shishas accompanied by health risks?How does nicotine affect health, and why are e-cigarettes and e-shishas accompanied by health risks? Date: 02.12.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Nicotine is not harmless. In fact, it is toxic and entails serious health risks – even if it is consumed by delivery devices such as e-cigarettes without the toxic substances contained in tobacco…
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Searchresult: A quota for women in science?
Attracting more women to senior positions in science is a challenge most research institutes in Germany are presently facing. Whether and how this can be achieved as well as the potential role of…
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Searchresult: Possible New Mechanism for Aspirin’s Role in Cancer PreventionPossible New Mechanism for Aspirin’s Role in Cancer Prevention Date: 20.11.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA, "Aspirin"), has been shown to decrease the risk of colorectal cancer and possibly other cancers. However, the risk of side effects, including in some cases severe…
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Searchresult: Surprising signal to control male fertilitySurprising signal to control male fertility Date: 20.11.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Sperm cells mature during their transit in the epididymis and thus acquire their ability to fertilize ova. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg and the Institute of…
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Searchresult: How the immune system recognizes cancer: 2015 Meyenburg Award for Ton SchumacherHow the immune system recognizes cancer: 2015 Meyenburg Award for Ton Schumacher Date: 11.11.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Immunologist Ton Schumacher from the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam is being honored with the 2015 Meyenburg Award, which carries a €50,000 monetary prize. He receives the award for his…
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Searchresult: Malignant network makes brain cancer resistantMalignant network makes brain cancer resistant Date: 09.11.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Glioblastoma is the most malignant type of brain cancer. Physicians and scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and from Heidelberg University Hospital have now reported in "Nature"…
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Searchresult: Swiss Bridge Award for research on breast cancer stem cellsSwiss Bridge Award for research on breast cancer stem cells Date: 04.11.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Andreas Trumpp from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM) has been awarded this year’s Swiss Bridge Award for…
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