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Searchresult: Succession of DKFZ Chairman and Scientific Director openSuccession of DKFZ Chairman and Scientific Director open Date: 14.07.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Center have announced that, following a short period of negotiations, the Medical Director of the Department of Neurology at Heidelberg…
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Searchresult: No tolerance for tumors
Dying cells can suppress the immune system. In this way, they prevent immune cells from mounting an undesired defense response against the body’s own tissues and organs. In cancer treatment, however,…
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Searchresult: Farewell party for DKFZ Chairman and Scientific Director Otmar D. WiestlerFarewell party for DKFZ Chairman and Scientific Director Otmar D. Wiestler Date: 03.07.2015 Press release content type: Press release
On Thursday, July 2, 2015, the Chairman and Scientific Member of the Management Board of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Professor Otmar D. Wiestler, hosted a festive reception to say…
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Searchresult: Large publicity campaign for Cancer Information Service launchedLarge publicity campaign for Cancer Information Service launched Date: 02.07.2015 Press release content type: Press release
For many cancer patients and their families, the Cancer Information Service (KID) at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) is an important resource for all questions concerning cancer. People from…
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Searchresult: Urgent call for comprehensive tobacco advertising banUrgent call for comprehensive tobacco advertising ban Date: 02.07.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Tobacco advertising is ubiquitous in this country. Germany is almost the only country – besides Bulgaria – where large-sized tobacco advertising on billboards is still legal. In addition to…
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Searchresult: Award-winning agent developed for prostate cancer diagnosis and treatmentAward-winning agent developed for prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment Date: 22.06.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Joint Press Release by the German Cancer Research Center and Heidelberg University Hospital Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have developed an agent called PSMA-617, which is…
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Searchresult: Cancer brake failure leads to brain cancer: novel method facilitates the study of gene defectsCancer brake failure leads to brain cancer: novel method facilitates the study of gene defects Date: 15.06.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Tumor suppressor genes protect against cancer. Until now, scientists have had to perform complex experiments to detect whether or not a mutation or loss of this gene type does, in fact, cause cancer.…
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Searchresult: Call for help to killer cells improves cancer rejectionCall for help to killer cells improves cancer rejection Date: 12.06.2015 Press release content type: Press release
Many tumors are infiltrated by cells of the innate immune system called eosinophils. Immunologists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) are now the first to show that eosinophils do, in…
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Searchresult: Alternative routes to immortality
Every time a cell divides, the ends of chromosomes – the threads of DNA residing in the nucleus – shorten a bit. Once the chromosome ends, called telomeres, become too short, cells normally stop…
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Searchresult: Lean despite many calories
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have identified an enzyme in mice that is involved in obesity and metabolic disruptions associated with it, such as type 2 diabetes. When the…
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