Sep 26, 20213 minHigh risk of colorectal cancer in men only partly explainableThroughout the world, more men than women develop colorectal cancer. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center have now analyzed...
Sep 15, 20213 minBridging antibodies plus enhancer can destroy breast cancer cellsScientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungs-zentrum, DKFZ) have developed antibodies that have two...
Sep 15, 20213 minArtificial neural networks revolutionise biological image analysisEMBL scientists and their collaborators have developed DECODE, a neural network based fitter that accelerates super-resolution microscopy...
Sep 13, 20213 minBlood vessels produce growth factor that promotes metastasesOn the one hand, blood vessels supply tumors with nutrients and, on the other, enable cancer cells to spread throughout the body. The...
Sep 13, 20213 minFish Eyes from a Petri DishHeidelberg scientists create retina from stem cells of bony fish A research team from the Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) of...
Aug 29, 20212 minSuperspreading events as drivers of SARS-CoV-2 evolutionWhat evolution has SARS-CoV-2 undergone since the beginning of the pandemic? Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center, in...
Aug 24, 20213 minBlood-based micro-RNAs indicate the risk of colorectal cancerThe risk of colorectal cancer can be predicted more accurately by determining seven blood-based micro-RNAs (miRNAs) than by using...
Aug 24, 20214 minHow much does it cost to research & develop a new drug?Along with direct investments, the high risk of failure and the considerable time to market all determine the costs of drug development....
Jul 14, 20212 minHijacked immune activator promotes growth and spread of colorectal cancerThrough a complex, self-reinforcing feedback mechanism, colorectal cancer cells make room for their own expansion by driving surrounding...