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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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Searchresult: Mutations in cancer often affect the X chromosomeMutations in cancer often affect the X chromosome Date: 18.10.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Every cell in a woman’s body inactivates one of its two X chromosomes. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and Heidelberg University have…
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Searchresult: Helmholtz International Fellow Award for John MendelsohnHelmholtz International Fellow Award for John Mendelsohn Date: 15.10.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Following a nomination by the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres has distinguished U.S. cancer researcher Prof. Dr. John Mendelsohn with the…
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Searchresult: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schlegel nominated as outstanding contributor to the advancement of medical physics over the last 50 yearsProf. Dr. Wolfgang Schlegel nominated as outstanding contributor to the advancement of medical physics over the last 50 years Date: 15.10.2013 Press release content type: Press release
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), national and regional medical physics organizations were invited to nominate medical physicists, who have…
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Searchresult: Drug activates virus against cancer
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have discovered that a drug called valproic acid increases the effectiveness of parvoviruses that are used against cancer. In some cases,…
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Searchresult: Immortality enzyme makes bladder cancer aggressiveImmortality enzyme makes bladder cancer aggressive Date: 10.10.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have discovered a gene mutation that leads to an overactive form of telomerase, the so-called "immortality…
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