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Searchresult: Enhanced Computer Tomography Provides Highest Resolution ImagesEnhanced Computer Tomography Provides Highest Resolution Images Date: 06.12.2004 Press release content type: Press release
Computer tomography (CT) is used in cancer diagnostics as a standard method for detecting tumors in the body. However, its resolution is too low to facilitate imaging of detailed tissue structures.…
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Searchresult: "Breast Cancer Genes" BRCA1 and BRCA2: For Which Cancer Cases Are They Responsible?"Breast Cancer Genes" BRCA1 and BRCA2: For Which Cancer Cases Are They Responsible? Date: 01.12.2004 Press release content type: Press release
Spelling mistakes – mutations – in the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 were identified as risk factors for breast cancer some years ago. To find out whether and to what extent these mutations play a role in…
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Searchresult: Living and Working in the Future: The Top 100 of Creative MindsLiving and Working in the Future: The Top 100 of Creative Minds Date: 21.09.2004 Press release content type: Press release
Dr. Frank Lyko of the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ) has been highly honored by being selected into the 2004 “TR100 list“. The U.S. magazine “Technology…
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Searchresult: Identifying Lymphoma Risks
Little is known about the causes of lymphoma. A case-control study conducted by Professor Nikolaus Becker and Dr. Alexandra Nieters, Division of Clinical Epidemiology at the Deutsches…
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Searchresult: Making Visible How Genes Reac
What exactly happens when a signaling molecule binds to the cell surface? The complex cellular reactions resulting from such a bond have now been made visible for the first time at a genetic level by…
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Searchresult: New Task for an Old Acquaintance:
The drug suramin was a breakthrough in the combat against sleeping sickness in the 1920s. Scientists of the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ) have now been able…
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Searchresult: New Insights into the Mechanisms of RapamycinNew Insights into the Mechanisms of Rapamycin Date: 05.04.2004 Press release content type: Press release
Rapamycin is a new drug which is being used for preventing organ rejection in kidney transplant patients. Since it suppresses the immune response and has a strong cell killing effect, it is a highly…
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Searchresult: Hopes of a New Treatment Approach for ParalysisHopes of a New Treatment Approach for Paralysis Date: 08.03.2004 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists at the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg) were recently able to show in experiments with mice that a paralysis can be reversed by blocking…
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Searchresult: When Cancer Runs in the Family
Most cancers occur sporadically. At least 5.5 percent of cancer cases are based on a genetic predisposition. These are usually identified because first-degree relatives develop the same type of…
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Searchresult: Inventory of Genes
Dr. Michael Boutros of the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ) and an international team of collaborators have been the first to screen an almost complete genome…
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