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Blood Test Predicts Prostate Tumor Resistance

When bacteria develop antibiotic resistance, treatment with these medications becomes ineffective. Similarly, tumor cells can also change in such a way that renders them resistant to particular medications. This makes it vitally important for cancer patients and their doctors to determine as early as possible whether a specific therapy is working or not. A new blood test developed by researchersa…

“Jumping Gene” Uncovers Genetic Networks

Mutations in tumor suppressor genes mean that they can no longer keep tumors from growing. In developing cancer, often several mutations come into play. Using “jumping genes,” scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) together with teams from Great Britain and Spainhave identified a number of genes that can influence the growth of prostate…

DKTK Tübingen: €2.5 Million for Developing a Novel Cancer Immunotherapy

It is an intriguing idea: Antibodies with two different binding sites attach with one of their “arms” to a tumor-specific molecule on cancer cells. With the other arm, they attach to a protein that is responsible for activating immune cells. In this way, they establish contact between cancer cells and immune cells, thus enabling the immune system to attack the tumor.

Helmut Salih and Gundram…

Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE): Mutierten Krebszell-Genomen auf der Spur

In einem internen „Joint Funding Wettbewerb“ unterstützt das DKTK herausragende überregionale Studien. Die Wissenschaftler der Standorte Essen/Düsseldorf, Tübingen und Heidelberg sind die Initiatoren eines von vier erfolgreichen Anträgen, die für jeweils drei Jahre gefördert werden.

Professor Dirk Schadendorf (Direktor des Westdeutschen Tumorzentrums und der Klinik für Dermatologie am…

1. If you had to pick one last meal, what would it be and why?

Prime rib, roasted potatoes, yorkshire pudding, some vegetable.

2. Top 5 favourite 80s movies?

Elephant Man, Princess Bride, Stand by Me, My Left Foot, Rain Man

3. What animal do you think is the most “useless”?

 - no way to answer this without offending someone LOL.  As the owner of 2 Golden Retrievers, who aren't terribly bright, let's say I'm not sure what higher purpose skunks serve.

4. What are you MOST afraid of?

5. Trapped with snakes or trapped with spiders (both poisonous/venomous)? Are you kidding me? Snakes. 

6. Freddy Kruger or Jason Voorhies?  Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope

7. Who has been the biggest influence on you in your life?

D, my first foster son, has had the biggest influence on the course of my life. P, my husband, has had the biggest influence on my character - he inspires me to be a better human being every day by his actions

8. What thing have you done that put you most out of your comfort zone?

Go to Deaf social events and be brave enough to use my sign language

9. When you go to a bar, what is your typical drink order?

Pinot Noir

10. If you could make a Mixtape for someone, what 10 tracks would you include?

Songs by k d lang, Cheryl Wheeler, Gordon Lightfoot, Melissa Etheridge, Leonard Cohen, Jann Arden, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Harry Chapin.

11. What is a book you think I MUST read and why?