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Searchresult: An iPad in the OR: Exhibit from the German Cancer Research Center on the science exhibition ship "MS Wissenschaft"An iPad in the OR: Exhibit from the German Cancer Research Center on the science exhibition ship "MS Wissenschaft" Date: 06.05.2014 Press release content type: Press release
When performing minimally invasive surgery, clinicians need to know precisely how to insert instruments into a target region without injuring nearby organs. SurgeryPad, an invention from the German…
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Searchresult: Professor Jürgen Becker has been appointed to the Westdeutsches Tumorzentrum in EssenProfessor Jürgen Becker has been appointed to the Westdeutsches Tumorzentrum in Essen Date: 25.04.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Professor Jürgen Becker will accept a professorship at the Westdeutsches Tumorzentrum in Essen as of September 1, 2014. It is the first of three professorships that the German Cancer Consortium…
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Searchresult: Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the German Cancer Research CenterFederal Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the German Cancer Research Center Date: 23.04.2014 Press release content type: Press release
"50 years of DKFZ are 50 years of high-end research. My visit today is not the first time that I have heard of this institute, but I am very pleased to be here now for the first time," said Federal…
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Searchresult: How cancer viruses protect their host cells against tumor therapiesHow cancer viruses protect their host cells against tumor therapies Date: 15.04.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Certain types of human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause cervical cancer by settling in a body cell and inducing it to divide in an out-of-control process. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center…
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Searchresult: Ependymoma Awareness Day celebrating breakthroughs in cooperative ependymoma researchEpendymoma Awareness Day celebrating breakthroughs in cooperative ependymoma research Date: 10.04.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Ependymoma is a rare but aggressive brain tumor that occurs in both children and adults. Only large international collaborative efforts such as the Cooperative Ependymoma Research Network (CERN) and…
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Searchresult: Abnormal blood stem cells reprogram their environmentAbnormal blood stem cells reprogram their environment Date: 07.04.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Blood arises from stem cells in the bone marrow; in patients with a myelodysplastic disorder (MDS), defective stem cells reprogram their neighbors in the marrow to create a "niche" that promotes…
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Searchresult: Plant compound protects healthy cells from chemotherapy drugsPlant compound protects healthy cells from chemotherapy drugs Date: 07.04.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Chemotherapy drugs attack not only cancer cells but more generally rapidly dividing tissues. This can cause side effects ranging from hair loss to nausea to deadly infections. Scientists from the…
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Searchresult: 50 years of research for life without cancer50 years of research for life without cancer Date: 02.04.2014 Press release content type: Press release
"The prevention, detection and treatment of cancer are preeminent goals in health policy. The DKFZ is the flagship of cancer research in Germany. It has brought forward the development of new…
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Searchresult: Five years of successful stem cell research at HI-STEMFive years of successful stem cell research at HI-STEM Date: 26.03.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Joint Press Release of the Dietmar Hopp Foundation and the German Cancer Research Center The Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM) at the German Cancer…
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Searchresult: Inflammation stimulates the mobility of cancer cellsInflammation stimulates the mobility of cancer cells Date: 19.03.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Joint press release of the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Scientists have known for some time that inflammations can promote the…
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