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Searchresult: Plant Compound Reduces Breast Cancer MortalityPlant Compound Reduces Breast Cancer Mortality Date: 12.09.2011 Press release content type: Press release
Many studies suggest that hormone-like plant compounds called phytoestrogens have a cancer protective effect. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)…
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Searchresult: Broken Hearts – Expert Workshop "HeidelbergHeart II"Broken Hearts – Expert Workshop "HeidelbergHeart II" Date: 07.09.2011 Press release content type: Press release
Children and adults - seemingly in a state of perfect health - suddenly die because their heart has lost its inner support. Werner Franke, molecular biologist at the German Cancer Research Center…
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Searchresult: Conquering Disease Using Computer Models: Over 1,000 participants at the International Conference on Systems Biology (ICSB) in Heidelberg and MannheimConquering Disease Using Computer Models: Over 1,000 participants at the International Conference on Systems Biology (ICSB) in Heidelberg and Mannheim Date: 29.08.2011 Press release content type: Press release
Computer simulations are becoming a cornerstone of life science research. They contribute to gaining a better understanding of diseases and help to develop new drugs more rapidly.
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Searchresult: A Question of Gene Silencing
Our genome contains numerous genes which do not code for the production of proteins. Many of them are transcribed particularly frequently in cancer cells. Scientists of the German Cancer Research…
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Searchresult: Brain Tumors Found to Have a Two-Tier SystemBrain Tumors Found to Have a Two-Tier System Date: 16.08.2011 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and Heidelberg University Hospitals have led the largest ever molecular-biological analysis of ependymoma, a…
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Searchresult: Stop Signal for Leukemia Stem Cells
An international team comprising cancer researchers from various institutes including the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) has discovered that hyperactive…
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Searchresult: Smoking Damages Teeth and Oral Cavity
German Dental Association and the German Cancer Research Center have issued a flyer about the dangers of smoking for oral health
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Searchresult: Bowel Cancer and Quality of Life
A long-term study of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) shows that bowel cancer patients are affected by health effects even ten years after diagnosis.
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Searchresult: How Cancer Cells Escape Death
Coordinated by the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and the University of Ulm, scientists are collaborating in a new Helmholtz Virtual Institute to study how…
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Searchresult: Some cutaneous HPV types may be involved in Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer developmentSome cutaneous HPV types may be involved in Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer development Date: 18.07.2011 Press release content type: Press release
In a joint paper published on July 14, 2011 in PloS Pathogens, the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer…
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