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Searchresult: Award-winning finding in the cancer genomeAward-winning finding in the cancer genome Date: 28.01.2016 Press release content type: Press release
Volker Hovestadt is being honored with the Helmholtz Doctoral Prize for Health Research. He receives the award for his PhD thesis, which he completed last year "with highest distinction" at the…
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Searchresult: Mining the epigenome to identify likely origins of childhood brain tumor subtypeMining the epigenome to identify likely origins of childhood brain tumor subtype Date: 28.01.2016 Press release content type: Press release
An international research team led by scientists from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and from German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) mined the epigenome to discover the likely cell of origin for…
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Searchresult: Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Honours DKFZ-ScientistChica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Honours DKFZ-Scientist Date: 22.01.2016 Press release content type: Press release
On January 27 th , the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation will honour two outstanding young scientists based in Heidelberg. Edward Lemke and Hai-Kun Liu will each receive a prize money of 100,000 €…
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Searchresult: Breast cancer research award for Karen SteindorfBreast cancer research award for Karen Steindorf Date: 14.01.2016 Press release content type: Press release
For her research on the prevention of breast cancer, Karen Steindorf received the 2015 Claudia von Schilling Award on January 13, 2016. Steindorf works at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and…
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Searchresult: DKTK Tübingen: Scientific excellence opens up new possibilities for cancer treatmentDKTK Tübingen: Scientific excellence opens up new possibilities for cancer treatment Date: 08.01.2016 Press release content type: Press release
This year’s Ernst Jung Award for Medicine will be awarded to DKTK scientist Professor Dr. Hans-Georg Rammensee. Rammensee’s research has been devoted to developing effective therapies individualized…
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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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