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Searchresult: "Lab Driving License" from the Heidelberg Life Science Lab"Lab Driving License" from the Heidelberg Life Science Lab Date: 26.04.2012 Press release content type: Press release
The "Thinking and Experimental Laboratory" will be officially opened on May 2, 2012 as a new offering of the Heidelberg Life Science Lab. The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) provides a fully…
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Searchresult: Newly discovered direct connection in the brain synchronizes spatial orientation centersNewly discovered direct connection in the brain synchronizes spatial orientation centers Date: 03.04.2012 Press release content type: Press release
Two regions of the brain which are considered to be pivotal for spatial orientation and memory are directly connected with each other via long projections of inhibitory neurons. This is reported in…
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Searchresult: Death cap mushroom poison to arrest pancreatic cancer in miceDeath cap mushroom poison to arrest pancreatic cancer in mice Date: 02.04.2012 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center have coupled the fungal toxin amanitin to an antibody which recognizes a cancer-typical target molecule. Like a guided missile, the antibody carries…
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Searchresult: New German-French research unit on cancer and infectionsNew German-French research unit on cancer and infections Date: 28.03.2012 Press release content type: Press release
The French ‘Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale’ (Inserm) establishes another research group at the German Cancer Research Center. The research team headed by pathologist…
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Searchresult: Communication channels in the brain
Jakob von Engelhardt leads a new Junior Research Group, "Synaptic Communication and Neurodegeneration", established by the German Center for NeurodegenerativeDiseases (DZNE) at the German Cancer…
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Searchresult: A foot in the door to genetic informationA foot in the door to genetic information Date: 07.03.2012 Press release content type: Press release
In the cell nucleus, DNA wraps around what are called histone proteins, forming regularly spaced spherical bodies called nucleosomes. Thus, large portions of the genetic material are inaccessible to…
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Searchresult: Several million euros in funding for systems biologists at DKFZSeveral million euros in funding for systems biologists at DKFZ Date: 05.03.2012 Press release content type: Press release
In February and March of this year, three new research consortia have started work at DKFZ. They are funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of its program "Systems…
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Searchresult: Invitation to bowel cancer screening programsInvitation to bowel cancer screening programs Date: 28.02.2012 Press release content type: Press release
March’s Bowel Cancer Awareness Month also marks the start of a model project of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) to improve early bowel cancer detection.…
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Searchresult: Stress in cells activates hepatitis virusesStress in cells activates hepatitis viruses Date: 13.02.2012 Press release content type: Press release
Substances which suppress the immune system while simultaneously keeping viral infections in check would be an ideal drug for organ transplant recipients. Scientists of the German Cancer Research…
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Searchresult: Defects in the packaging of genetic material in malignant brain tumorsDefects in the packaging of genetic material in malignant brain tumors Date: 30.01.2012 Press release content type: Press release
Glioblastomas are regarded as particularly aggressive brain tumors. In children with glioblastoma, Heidelberg scientists have now discovered genetic alterations that affect the function of DNA…
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