The cellular environment of a tumor can support or sabotage recovery. The most comprehensive study to date on the tumor microenvironment in low-grade…
Cancer cells of a certain form of rare and aggressive brain tumors in infants and young children show characteristics of immature brain cells. This…
Stem cell-like leukemia cells are responsible for relapses in children and adolescents with a certain type of blood cancer, T-ALL. Researchers at the…
KiTZ Director Stefan Pfister was elected to the European Academy of Sciences “Academia Europaea”. This promotes interdisciplinary European research…
Some cancer cells escape treatment by entering a kind of ‘hibernation’. These cells promote resistance and can lead to relapses in certain childhood…
Sarcomas in soft tissue also occur in young people and are particularly difficult to treat. Due to a lack of laboratory models, the causes of their…
Children and young people with cancer need better and child-friendly therapies. That's what the campaign “Give flowers. Spread hope.” campaign by the…
Medulloblastomas, childhood brain tumors in children, are thought to develop between the first trimester of pregnancy and the end of the first year of…
From April 28 to May 24, you can once again buy and give flower creations throughout Germany for the benefit of children and young people with cancer.…
Physician and scientist Franziska Blaeschke from KiTZ, Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) has been…
