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Searchresult: Festival tents at marksmen's festivals in North Rhine-Westphalia: More tobacco smoke pollution than in pubs and barsFestival tents at marksmen's festivals in North Rhine-Westphalia: More tobacco smoke pollution than in pubs and bars Date: 25.09.2012 Press release content type: Press release
Breathing air in festival tents is heavily polluted by contaminants from tobacco smoke. This is the result of measurements which are now made available to the public in a new report. Commissioned by…
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Searchresult: Biomarkers for virus-induced cancer in the oropharynxBiomarkers for virus-induced cancer in the oropharynx Date: 20.09.2012 Press release content type: Press release
Patients with oropharyngeal cancers have a more favorable prognosis if their tumors are caused by human papillomaviruses. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
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Searchresult: Discus throw with cancer signals
The Wnt signaling protein plays an important part in embryonic development and also in the development of diseases such as cancer. It has been unknown until now just how Wnt is carried from cell to…
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Searchresult: Additives add to the health hazards of cigarettes - Sixteen European countries jointly warn about thisAdditives add to the health hazards of cigarettes - Sixteen European countries jointly warn about this Date: 13.09.2012 Press release content type: Press release
The tobacco industry uses a large number of additives to increase the attractiveness of cigarettes. The PITOC (Public Information on Tobacco Control) project informs the public about the substances…
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Searchresult: Improved radiotherapy for developing countriesImproved radiotherapy for developing countries Date: 03.09.2012 Press release content type: Press release
The German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and Precisis AG jointly present a prototype of a mechanical radiation collimator which will make it possible, for the first…
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Searchresult: Cancer Survival in Germany after the fall of the Iron CurtainCancer Survival in Germany after the fall of the Iron Curtain Date: 23.08.2012 Press release content type: Press release
Two decades after the fall of the Wall, cancer survival rates in East and West Germany have become almost equal. This is reported in a recent study by a team of epidemiologists from the German Cancer…
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Searchresult: Viruses with integrated gene switch
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have developed "RNA switches" which allow them to specifically turn on and off genes in viruses. This will help to enhance regulation of gene…
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Searchresult: Genome analysis of brain tumors showing the way to new treatment strategiesGenome analysis of brain tumors showing the way to new treatment strategies Date: 26.07.2012 Press release content type: Press release
As part of the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC), scientists in a project coordinated by the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) are systematically investigating the genomes of pediatric…
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Searchresult: Tailor-made viruses for enhanced cancer therapyTailor-made viruses for enhanced cancer therapy Date: 23.07.2012 Press release content type: Press release
Parvoviruses specifically kill cancer cells and are already in the clinical trial stage for treating malignant brain tumors. However, as they can also infect normal cells - without doing any harm to…
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Searchresult: What the thymus can do on its own: Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center prove a dogma of immunology wrongWhat the thymus can do on its own: Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center prove a dogma of immunology wrong Date: 10.07.2012 Press release content type: Press release
Special white blood cells called T lymphocytes (‘T’ stands for thymus derived) originate, like all other blood cells, from progenitor cells in the bone marrow. The cells then mature in the thymus…
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