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Searchresult: Cell Division Leads to Death: New Working Principle in Cancer TreatmentCell Division Leads to Death: New Working Principle in Cancer Treatment Date: 02.07.2007 Press release content type: Press release
Due to defects in chromosomal distribution, a majority of tumor cells would not be able to survive were it not for a trick that cancer cells have developed to avoid this chaos in the genetic…
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Searchresult: Not a Relay Race, but a Team Game: New Model for Signal Transduction in CellsNot a Relay Race, but a Team Game: New Model for Signal Transduction in Cells Date: 26.06.2007 Press release content type: Press release
Among the key communication systems within a cell is the Wnt signaling pathway, which regulates embryonic development and whose deregulation can also contribute to cancer development. Scientists at…
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Searchresult: Gadd45a Wakes Sleeping Genes
For several years now, cancer researchers have been studying a mechanism that contributes to the development of malignant tumors: The cell attaches small molecules containing a carbon atom, called…
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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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