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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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Searchresult: Tobacco Atlas Germany 2015: New data, new factsTobacco Atlas Germany 2015: New data, new facts Date: 03.11.2015 Press release content type: Press release
In Germany, 121,000 people die from the consequences of smoking each year. This means that smoking is implicated in 13.5 percent of all deaths. The death rate from smoking is higher in the north of…
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Searchresult: A Cray-active Solution for Cancer ResearchA Cray-active Solution for Cancer Research Date: 02.11.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg have discovered a new species which is helping them understand epigenetics: the marbled crayfish. Procambarus virginalis appears…
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Searchresult: "A cordial welcome" - DKFZ staff donate for refugees"A cordial welcome" - DKFZ staff donate for refugees Date: 29.10.2015 Press release content type: Press release
More than 950 bags filled with urgently needed in-kind gifts for children and adults, along with five moving boxes filled with sneakers: The staff of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) very…
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Searchresult: Comment on the report about increased cancer risk from meat and processed meatComment on the report about increased cancer risk from meat and processed meat Date: 27.10.2015 Press release content type: Press release
By Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2008, former DKFZ Chairman and Scientific Director from 1983 until 2003
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Searchresult: Inflammations identified as breeding sites for liver cancerInflammations identified as breeding sites for liver cancer Date: 26.10.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg and Hebrew University in Jerusalem have discovered that liver cancer emanates from inflammatory lymphoid-like structures that…
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