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Searchresult: RNA switch for safe viral therapy in treating cancerRNA switch for safe viral therapy in treating cancer Date: 22.01.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Using viruses to fight cancer is a novel approach to treatment that is being tested in clinical trials around the globe. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
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Searchresult: MRI without expensive magnets
Joint press release of the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research and Freiburg University Hospital Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging (MRI) have become indispensable…
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Searchresult: Award-winning young researchers at DKFZ
Four young researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have simultaneously been honored with science awards. Dr. Irène Baccelli and Dr. Dominik Sturm shared the €4,500 Richtzenhain…
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Searchresult: Cancer survival rates in Europe continue to increaseCancer survival rates in Europe continue to increase Date: 05.12.2013 Press release content type: Press release
EUROCARE-5, the largest European study on cancer survival, delivers an important indicator for the quality of health care systems. The study was carried out with a major participation of scientists…
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Searchresult: Selective inhibitors to target cancer growth: 2013 Meyenburg Award for Nathanael GraySelective inhibitors to target cancer growth: 2013 Meyenburg Award for Nathanael Gray Date: 27.11.2013 Press release content type: Press release
US biochemist Nathanael Gray is being honored with the 2013 Meyenburg Award for excellence in cancer research, which carries a €50,000 monetary prize. The award recognizes Gray’s discovery of…
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Searchresult: Defective packaging protein boosts gene activity in brain cancer cellsDefective packaging protein boosts gene activity in brain cancer cells Date: 15.11.2013 Press release content type: Press release
In about half of all cases of high-grade malignant glioma in children, a mutation is found in a DNA packaging protein (histone) called H3.3. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
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Searchresult: Binding protein prevents vascular chaos
Healing a wound requires immune cells and repair material to travel through the bloodstream to reach the site of damage. Since blood vessels in the area have been destroyed, new ones have to grow…
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Searchresult: How a secret friendship of two enzymes makes apoptosis possibleHow a secret friendship of two enzymes makes apoptosis possible Date: 30.10.2013 Press release content type: Press release
When cells start growing out of control, the body has a potent mechanism to protect itself from cancer: programmed cell death, or apoptosis. It is induced by an enzyme called HIPK2 and other…
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Searchresult: Radiation therapy mobilizes the immune system against tumorsRadiation therapy mobilizes the immune system against tumors Date: 28.10.2013 Press release content type: Press release
The cells of our immune system can be effective weapons against cancer. To do so they need to leave the bloodstream and reach the tumor, but changes in its surroundings often prevent them from doing…
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Searchresult: Defective tumor suppressor leads to leukemia - by an indirect routeDefective tumor suppressor leads to leukemia - by an indirect route Date: 24.10.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Cancer often arises as a result of defects in genes known as tumor suppressors that inhibit cell growth. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have studied how the loss of a tumor…
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