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Searchresult: Lasker Award for Ralf Bartenschlager
Ralf Bartenschlager, Virologist and cancer researcher at the Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) has received the Lasker-DeBakey Medical Research Award endowed…
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Searchresult: Medication against schizophrenia inhibits pancreatic cancerMedication against schizophrenia inhibits pancreatic cancer Date: 07.09.2016 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, and from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, have discovered that a receptor for the dopamine neurotransmitter promotes growth…
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Searchresult: Changeover in the Cancer Prevention Unit: Ute Mons is taking over from Martina Pötschke-LangerChangeover in the Cancer Prevention Unit: Ute Mons is taking over from Martina Pötschke-Langer Date: 31.08.2016 Press release content type: Press release
On September 1, 2016 Dr. Ute Mons will take over as Head of the Cancer Prevention Unit at the German Cancer Research Center, which also serves as the WHO Collaboration Center for Tobacco Control. She…
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Searchresult: DKTK Dresden: CRISPR/Cas9 technology to diagnose cancer mutationsDKTK Dresden: CRISPR/Cas9 technology to diagnose cancer mutations Date: 31.08.2016 Press release content type: Press release
As for many other biomedical and biotechnology disciplines, the genome scissor "CRISPR/Cas9" also opens up completely new possibilities for cancer research. Scientists of the National Center for…
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Searchresult: Preventing obesity – preventing cancer!
Cancer can be prevented by preventing obesity: Experts from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have re- evaluated available data for the new edition of the Handbook of Cancer…
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Searchresult: Low-protein diet enhances glucose metabolismLow-protein diet enhances glucose metabolism Date: 23.08.2016 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have shown in mice that a low-protein diet increases fat and carbohydrate burning, thus raising energy expenditure. Changing the animals' diet…
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Searchresult: Drug against psoriasis slows down cancer cell growth and metastasisDrug against psoriasis slows down cancer cell growth and metastasis Date: 12.08.2016 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) are examining a promising agent against cancer of the immune system. In this type of cancer, the tumor cells…
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Searchresult: One million € funding for the development of norovirus therapeuticsOne million € funding for the development of norovirus therapeutics Date: 08.08.2016 Press release content type: Press release
Grant Hansman, head of the CHS Research Group noroviruses, has raised funding under the BMBF funding program "Validation of the Technological and Social Innovation Potential of Scientific Research"…
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Searchresult: DKTK Berlin and Heidelberg: New Biomarker for cancer immunotherapy?DKTK Berlin and Heidelberg: New Biomarker for cancer immunotherapy? Date: 01.08.2016 Press release content type: Press release
The Ligand PD-L1 is one of the most important targets for cancer immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors. But not all tumors have sufficient quantities of PD-L1 ligands on their surface. Scientists…
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Searchresult: The melody of epigenetics
David Brocks, a PhD student at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), has developed a method that enables him to make epigenetic differences between cancer cells and healthy cells audible. To do…
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