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News from the University of Freiburg

Heisenberg Professorship for Susana Minguet García

The University of Freiburg biologist conducts cancer research on immunotherapies using T cells.

Research at University of Cologne

University of Cologne Researchers Discover a Way to Fight the Aging Process and Cancer Development

Damage in the human genome can be repaired. But this works better in germ cells, sperm and eggs, than in normal body cells. Responsible for this is the DREAM protein complex, which prevents the activation of all available repair mechanisms. A research team at the University of Cologne has now shown that normal body cells can also be repaired better once this complex has been deactivated. In the long run, the scientists hope to develop better therapies to prevent cancer and aging-associated diseases. They describe their results in ‘Nature Structural & Molecular Biology’.

Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center

New Cancer Therapy Shows Success in Heidelberg

Founded in 2009, the Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), part of the Heidelberg University Hospital, is pioneering carbon-ion cancer treatment.

inveox

Rethinking Cancer Pathology

The founders of inveox have developed a system to digitize, automate and connect pathology laboratories.

BioMedX

Hacking DNA Repair to Combat Cancer

Dr. Balca Mardin and her team of eight junior researchers at BioMedX in Heidelberg are investigating how drugs can target specific DNA repair pathways to prevent cancer.