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Searchresult: Mysterious cells of the immune system: Immunologists at the German Cancer Research Center question the role of mast cells in autoimmune diseasesMysterious cells of the immune system: Immunologists at the German Cancer Research Center question the role of mast cells in autoimmune diseases Date: 29.11.2011 Press release content type: Press release
Up to now, scientists have assumed that mast cells, a certain type of immune cells, play a central role in the development of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.…
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Searchresult: Fighting Fat With Fat
Coordinated by the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), a European research consortium is searching for ways to use brown fat tissue for combating widespread diseases such as type 2 diabetes and…
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Searchresult: Enhanced treatment of brain tumors
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg University Hospitals have tested a combination of radiation treatment and a substance that blocks the transforming growth factor…
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Searchresult: From microscopy to nanoscopy: 2011 Meyenburg Award goes to Stefan HellFrom microscopy to nanoscopy: 2011 Meyenburg Award goes to Stefan Hell Date: 16.11.2011 Press release content type: Press release
The EUR 50,000 Meyenburg Award in 2011 goes to physicist Stefan Hell. He is honored for developing a whole new kind of light microscopy which makes it possible for the first time to observe living…
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Searchresult: Using Viagra to Combat Malignant MelanomaUsing Viagra to Combat Malignant Melanoma Date: 08.11.2011 Press release content type: Press release
Many tumors cause chronic inflammations, which, in their turn, suppress specific attacks against the tumor by the immune system. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Medical…
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Searchresult: Comprehensible, personal, up-to-date and rapid: E-mail service of the Cancer Information Service gets good grades from users in a surveyComprehensible, personal, up-to-date and rapid: E-mail service of the Cancer Information Service gets good grades from users in a survey Date: 07.11.2011 Press release content type: Press release
Have we been able to help you with your inquiry at the Cancer Information Service? The e-mail service of the Cancer Information Service (Krebsinformationsdienst, KID) has questioned its users about…
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Searchresult: Alternate ending – living on without telomeraseAlternate ending – living on without telomerase Date: 03.11.2011 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have discovered an alternative mechanism for the extension of the telomere repeat sequence by DNA repair…
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Searchresult: Growth Without Cell Division: Heidelberg Researchers Describe Alternative Cell CycleGrowth Without Cell Division: Heidelberg Researchers Describe Alternative Cell Cycle Date: 31.10.2011 Press release content type: Press release
When animals or humans grow, this is normally accomplished by many successive cell divisions. In plants and also in many simple animals, there is an alternative growth strategy: Cells double their…
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Searchresult: Using Viruses to Fight Brain Tumors
Bridging the Gap Between Research and Clinical Application Parvoviruses can enter and kill cancer cells, but they do not cause disease in humans. Since 1992, scientists at the German Cancer…
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Searchresult: Cigarette Advertising in Germany and Japan: Cancer Research Centers of Both Countries Present Alarming ReportCigarette Advertising in Germany and Japan: Cancer Research Centers of Both Countries Present Alarming Report Date: 26.10.2011 Press release content type: Press release
People in Germany and Japan are exposed to massive cigarette advertising every day – while shopping in supermarkets, shops and stores, at gas stations, on about 400,000 cigarette vending machines in…
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