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Searchresult: Key without a lock: Only the balance between receptors controls blood vessel developmentKey without a lock: Only the balance between receptors controls blood vessel development Date: 10.09.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Tie1 is a receptor on the surface of blood vessel wall cells whose binding partner has not yet been found. Mice whose cells have no Tie1 are not viable. Scientists from the German Cancer Research…
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Searchresult: Michael Boutros to become acting DKFZ Chairman and Scientific DirectorMichael Boutros to become acting DKFZ Chairman and Scientific Director Date: 01.09.2015 Press release content type: Press release
The DKFZ Board of Trustees has confirmed today that Professor Michael Boutros will become acting Chairman and Scientific Member of the Management Board of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
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Searchresult: Snapshot of the immune system
The immune system of every human being may have up to several hundred thousand different T cells that vary from each other by virtue of their receptors. This enormous diversity is the basis of the…
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Searchresult: Lemon juice and human norovirus
Citric acid may prevent the highly contagious norovirus from infecting humans, scientists discovered from the German Cancer Research Center. Therefore, lemon juice could be a potentially safe and…
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Searchresult: Emergency program ensures blood coagulationEmergency program ensures blood coagulation Date: 21.08.2015 Press release content type: Press release
During infections, the body frequently suffers severe loss of platelets, or thrombocytes. This can result in serious health problems such as hemorrhage and even septic shock. Until now, it has not…
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Searchresult: Early recall rates decline after second round of lung cancer screeningEarly recall rates decline after second round of lung cancer screening Date: 17.08.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center have published results from the "Lung Cancer Screening Intervention Trial" (LUSI): The early repeat scan rate for suspicious findings decreased by more…
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Searchresult: How Human Cells Can Dissolve Damaging Protein AggregatesHow Human Cells Can Dissolve Damaging Protein Aggregates Date: 12.08.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Cellular repair systems can dissolve aggregated proteins and now Heidelberg researchers have successfully decoded the fundamental mechanism that is key to dissolving these protein aggregates in human…
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Searchresult: A single mutation can drive stem cells to tumour formationA single mutation can drive stem cells to tumour formation Date: 10.08.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Errors in the genome of stem cells often lead to cancer. This is especially true when the mutation inhibits differentiation of stem cells into mature cells. Bruce Edgar and colleagues from the…
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Searchresult: Licensed B cells induce immunotolerance
In order to protect organs against attacks by the immune system, the body has developed complex protective mechanisms. For instance, T cells that are directed against the body's own proteins are…
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Searchresult: An alarm clock for dormant brain stem cellsAn alarm clock for dormant brain stem cells Date: 31.07.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) generated a molecular profile of neural stem cells from the brains of mice. They discovered that a chemical messenger called interferon-gamma…
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