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Searchresult: Meyenburg Award 2009 for the First Targeted Anti-Cancer DrugMeyenburg Award 2009 for the First Targeted Anti-Cancer Drug Date: 12.10.2009 Press release content type: Press release
The 2009 Meyenburg Award for Cancer Research with an award sum of 50,000 euros goes to American blood cancer expert, Brian Druker. The Meyenburg Foundation honors Druker as a pioneer of molecularly…
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Searchresult: Cancer Cells Suppress the Body’s Own Defense MechanismsCancer Cells Suppress the Body’s Own Defense Mechanisms Date: 08.10.2009 Press release content type: Press release
Cancer cells use tricks to evade the immune system. Thus, for example, they attract specific blood cells which suppress the body’s own defense mechanisms. Scientists of the German Cancer Research…
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Searchresult: Young DKFZ Researcher Receives Sponsorship Award by the German Society of Hematology and OncologyYoung DKFZ Researcher Receives Sponsorship Award by the German Society of Hematology and Oncology Date: 05.10.2009 Press release content type: Press release
Marc Remke, a scientist working at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg, has been awarded a sponsorship award for doctoral students by the German…
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Searchresult: New issue of einblick released
Focus: Stem Cells and Cancer
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Searchresult: More Precise Diagnosis, Improved Radiation Therapy: The German Cancer Research Center at the World Congress on Medical PhysicsMore Precise Diagnosis, Improved Radiation Therapy: The German Cancer Research Center at the World Congress on Medical Physics Date: 03.09.2009 Press release content type: Press release
Physicists, computer scientists, doctors and engineers from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) will present 37 projects from the areas of imaging and radiation…
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Searchresult: DNA Defects and Cancer - Repair or Fatal Damage?DNA Defects and Cancer - Repair or Fatal Damage? Date: 26.08.2009 Press release content type: Press release
The DNA, the carrier of hereditary information in our cells, is permanently faced with attacks: by environmental influences such as UV radiation, X-rays and gamma radiation, or by aggressive oxygen…
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Searchresult: Death Receptor Regulates Brain RegenerationDeath Receptor Regulates Brain Regeneration Date: 11.08.2009 Press release content type: Press release
The so-called death receptor is well known among experts – it induces programmed cell death. In brain stem cells, however, this molecule has an entirely different function, as shown by scientists of…
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Searchresult: Cancer Information has one number: 0800 – 420 30 40Cancer Information has one number: 0800 – 420 30 40 Date: 10.08.2009 Press release content type: Press release
Until now, there has been no common contact point in Germany for questions of the public regarding cancer. This will change thanks to an alliance between the Cancer Information Service…
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Searchresult: Glowing Insight into the Liver: New Reporter System Detects Connection between Inflammation and Blood Sugar LevelGlowing Insight into the Liver: New Reporter System Detects Connection between Inflammation and Blood Sugar Level Date: 07.08.2009 Press release content type: Press release
Inflammations disrupt the balance of the tightly regulated blood sugar level. During acute sepsis, for example, glucose in the blood drops to a dangerously low level. One of the reasons for this is…
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Searchresult: Million Euro Funding for Improved Imaging and Radiotherapy in Cancer TreatmentMillion Euro Funding for Improved Imaging and Radiotherapy in Cancer Treatment Date: 06.08.2009 Press release content type: Press release
Cancer patients shall receive more specific and gentler treatment in the future. This is the goal of six partners from research and industry which are concentrating their expertise in radiation…
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