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Searchresult: Lutz Gissmann has received the Maurice Hilleman Award for groundbreaking accomplishments in vaccine researchLutz Gissmann has received the Maurice Hilleman Award for groundbreaking accomplishments in vaccine research Date: 27.07.2016 Press release content type: Press release
Lutz Gissmann from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) has been honored with the award in recognition of his research results, which were seminal contributions to the development of a vaccine…
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Searchresult: 2016 Windaus Award for Dietrich Keppler
Dietrich Keppler, who was head of a research division at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) until 2007, has been awarded the 2016 international Adolf Windaus…
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Searchresult: Misaligned chromosomes give breast cancer cells a selection advantageMisaligned chromosomes give breast cancer cells a selection advantage Date: 29.06.2016 Press release content type: Press release
If chromosomes are distributed unevenly during cell division, this has a negative effect on the survival of daughter cells. However, in many cancer types, misaligned chromosomes are associated with a…
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Searchresult: Tricks of Ticking time bomb Hepatitis B VirusTricks of Ticking time bomb Hepatitis B Virus Date: 20.06.2016 Press release content type: Press release
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes hepatitis B, an infectious disease that afflicts 230 million people worldwide, thereof 440 000 in Germany. Persistence of the virus in liver cells leads to progressive…
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Searchresult: Immunotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer for the first time utilizes the innate immune systemImmunotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer for the first time utilizes the innate immune system Date: 09.06.2016 Press release content type: Press release
Metastasized colorectal cancer is difficult to treat. Scientists at the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and the Heidelberg University Hospital in collaboration with the German Cancer…
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Searchresult: A tumor where the soul resides
World Brain Tumor Day: Interview with Professor Wolfgang Wick, head of the Clinical Cooperation Unit "Neurooncology" of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Managing Director of the Neurology…
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Searchresult: Pancreatic cancer: Aggressive behavior from the startPancreatic cancer: Aggressive behavior from the start Date: 01.06.2016 Press release content type: Press release
A microRNA suppresses the ability of cancer cells in the pancreas to invade surrounding tissue and spread metastases, researchers at the German Cancer Research Center and colleagues revealed in their…
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Searchresult: Hans-Reimer Rodewald has been elected EMBO MemberHans-Reimer Rodewald has been elected EMBO Member Date: 31.05.2016 Press release content type: Press release
Hans-Reimer Rodewald from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) has been elected to join the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in recognition of his research achievements in…
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Searchresult: Natural Killer cells contain powerful toxin against tumorsNatural Killer cells contain powerful toxin against tumors Date: 30.05.2016 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists at the University Hospital and the DKFZ in Heidelberg have discovered that a protein from immune cells paralyzes the energy supply in tumor cells. The German Society of Pathology has…
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Searchresult: How fasting helps fight fatty liver diseaseHow fasting helps fight fatty liver disease Date: 09.05.2016 Press release content type: Press release
Jointly with colleagues from Helmholtz Zentrum München, scientists at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg have new information on what happens at the molecular level when we go hungry. In…
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