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Searchresult: Multiplied Risks of Second Breast Cancer
Breast cancer patients, whose direct relatives (mother or sister) are also affected by the disease, have a particularly high risk of developing a second breast cancer of independent origin.…
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Searchresult: New Method for Detecting Antibiotic Resistance: Mutations Emit Light SignalsNew Method for Detecting Antibiotic Resistance: Mutations Emit Light Signals Date: 27.11.2006 Press release content type: Press release
The exchange of a single gene building block in the genetic material of the tuberculosis bacterium leads to resistance to the antibiotic rifampicin. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center…
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Searchresult: Genetic Test Determines Aggressiveness of NeuroblastomasGenetic Test Determines Aggressiveness of Neuroblastomas Date: 08.11.2006 Press release content type: Press release
Neuroblastoma is among the types of cancer that particularly often affect children. Between one and three girls and boys in 100,000 are diagnosed with this growth of the nervous system before age 14.…
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Searchresult: Fertile? Not Without the Brain
There are many causes of infertility. The fact that nerve cells can also play a role is little known. The hormone estrogen regulates the activity of neurons that give the starting signal for…
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Searchresult: 30 Years of Meyenburg Foundation - 30 Years of Commitment for Cancer Research30 Years of Meyenburg Foundation - 30 Years of Commitment for Cancer Research Date: 17.10.2006 Press release content type: Press release
The Award Winner 2006 “The cell’s fountain of youth“, but also “Achilles’ heel of the tumor“ - this is how the telomerase enzyme was dubbed by the press. Professor Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn,…
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Searchresult: Gene Test to Detect Estrogen Receptors in Breast Cancer CellsGene Test to Detect Estrogen Receptors in Breast Cancer Cells Date: 09.10.2006 Press release content type: Press release
In breast cancer, the detection of hormone receptors is key for choosing the right treatment. A novel test on the basis of gene analysis has been developed by scientists of the German Cancer Research…
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Searchresult: Watching the Lung Breathe
New methods of functional imaging make it possible to precisely describe all parameters of lung function. So far, these advanced diagnostic technologies are available only at selected facilities such…
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Searchresult: GENOMICS AND CANCER 2006 - Conference Report IIIGENOMICS AND CANCER 2006 - Conference Report III Date: 15.09.2006 Press release content type: Press release
Researchers in Italy have demonstrated how Helicobacter pylori triggers the first step of cancer development in cells of the gastric mucosa. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
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Searchresult: GENOMICS AND CANCER 2006 – Conference Report II:GENOMICS AND CANCER 2006 – Conference Report II: Date: 14.09.2006 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) are systematically screening unknown gene products for cancer-relevant properties and have come across a…
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Searchresult: GENOMICS AND CANCER 2006 - Conference Report I:GENOMICS AND CANCER 2006 - Conference Report I: Date: 13.09.2006 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and the Martini Clinic of the University Hospitals in Hamburg-Eppendorf have identified a gene activity…
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