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Searchresult: Novel Diagnostic Approach for Prostate CancerNovel Diagnostic Approach for Prostate Cancer Date: 01.08.2005 Press release content type: Press release
Methods for early detection of cancer should be simple and reliable. In the case of prostate cancer, the S100A9 protein appears to be equal or even superior to prostate specific antigen (PSA) as a…
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Searchresult: Spoilt for Choice: Therapy Decisions for Skin Cancer PatientsSpoilt for Choice: Therapy Decisions for Skin Cancer Patients Date: 29.07.2005 Press release content type: Press release
To select the optimal therapeutic strategy for malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, it is crucial to be able to discriminate, with high reliability, tumor stages and chances of…
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Searchresult: Novel Substance to Re-Program Tumor CellsNovel Substance to Re-Program Tumor Cells Date: 14.07.2005 Press release content type: Press release
Tumor cells often silence growth-inhibiting genes by chemically tagging specific building blocks of DNA. DKFZ scientists have now synthesized a substance that reverses these alterations.
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Searchresult: Decision About Life or Death
Minute bodies in the nucleus, the nucleoli, have the function of stress sensors and give the starting signal for the cellular suicide program (apoptosis) when there is too much strain. This has been…
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Searchresult: Breaching the Tumor Firewall
T cells with a regulatory function within the immune system respond differently to apoptosis triggers than T cells that mount the actual defense reaction (effector T cells). This has now been shown…
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Searchresult: "Murder on Demand": TAp63α to Induce Death of Cancer Cells"Murder on Demand": TAp63α to Induce Death of Cancer Cells Date: 16.06.2005 Press release content type: Press release
The desired goal of successful chemotherapy is the sure death of cancer cells. The administered cytotoxins (“cell-stopping agents") are designed to cause a cell to commit suicide. However, tumor…
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Searchresult: Meat Found to Elevate, Fish to Lower Colorectal Cancer RiskMeat Found to Elevate, Fish to Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk Date: 14.06.2005 Press release content type: Press release
Those who like to eat ham and brats every day, significantly increase their risk of getting colorectal cancer. In contrast, if fish is a regular part of one’s diet, colorectal cancer risk is lowered.…
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Searchresult: Vegetarian Study: A little meat does no harm if your lifestyle is healthyVegetarian Study: A little meat does no harm if your lifestyle is healthy Date: 06.06.2005 Press release content type: Press release
You don’t have to be a vegetarian to grow as old as Methusaleh. If you refrain from smoking, consume alcohol moderately, stay physically active and avoid becoming overweight, you can dramatically…
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Searchresult: Learning from Viruses
When infected by a virus, a cell uses specific defense mechanisms developed in the course of a long evolution. Thus, it can activate enzymes that disrupt or prevent replication of the viruses within…
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Searchresult: Triple Approach Is Promising Against Cancer CellsTriple Approach Is Promising Against Cancer Cells Date: 20.05.2005 Press release content type: Press release
A trimodal treatment strategy combining chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and a protein kinase inhibitor is much more effective against cancer cells than any combination of only two treatment methods.…
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