4Tissue raises €2m to advance groundbreaking breast tissue replacement technology

A revolutionary approach

30-Oct-2024 - 4Tissue, a pioneering biotech company revolutionizing regenerative medicine with its cutting-edge, bioresorbable hydrogel tissue mimic has successfully completed a €2M seed funding round including equity investment and non-dilutive grants. Led by three prominent female investors from the life ...

Understanding the physics of cancer, preventing metastases

Jochen Guck receives the Leopoldina Greve Prize

24-Oct-2024 - In honour of his groundbreaking insights into the movement of tumour cells, Professor Dr Jochen Guck from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen receives the 2024 Greve Prize from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Dealing with metastases is one of the ...

When is the best time of day for cancer treatment?

Researchers are developing new methods to use the internal clock inside tumor cells to optimize cancer therapies

28-Aug-2024 - How effective medications are depends on various factors, including the time of day when they are administered. Why? Because our bodies don’t always function exactly the same. Instead, they follow the cycle set by their internal clock, otherwise known as circadian rhythm. But since each person’s ...

New target for breast cancer medications

New insights with significant therapeutic potential

22-May-2024 - The mammary gland is a complex tissue comprising a variety of cell types. Their proper functioning is crucial for the health of the breast. Among the numerous factors regulating cell homeostasis in the mammary gland, research has recently focused more intensely on the transcription factor TRPS1. ...

Tumor tissue on a chip: new possibilities for cell therapies and personalized medicine

Therapy effect becomes predictable: Monitoring success individually and in real time

17-May-2024 - How do tumors react to a certain therapeutic approach? Knowing this before the start of a therapy would be of enormous value for people suffering from cancer as well as for the doctors treating them. Researchers at the NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute in Reutlingen and the University ...

Is there a link between rheumatism and cancer?

New Study sheds light on the link between autoimmune diseases and female-specific cancers

21-Mar-2024 - Studies have long suggested a link between autoimmune diseases and cancer. Researchers at the Chair of Epidemiology at the University of Augsburg conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the link and determined that patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a slightly lower risk for ...

Special RNA suppresses the formation of breast cancer cells

International research team deciphers molecular mechanism in the synthesis of ribosomal RNA

18-Jan-2024 - Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. The development of breast cancer often originates from epithelial cells in the mammary gland – the very cells that specialise in milk production during and after pregnancy. A team of researchers from Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany), ...

Reprogrammed fat cells support tumor growth

05-Jan-2024 - Mutations of the tumor suppressor p53 not only have a growth-promoting effect on the cancer cells themselves, but also influence the cells in the tumor's microenvironment. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Weizmann Institute in Israel have now shown that p53-mutated ...

Researchers develop new marker for cancer cell motility

Physics of Cancer finds first potential application in oncology – More accurate prognosis of how breast tumours spread

13-Jul-2023 - Researchers led by Leipzig University have found a ground-breaking application in oncology for the scientific field of Physics of Cancer. This is a milestone for the new research field, proving its clinical relevance for the first time. Based on tissue and cell mechanics and using machine ...

What determines whether breast cancer cells can form metastases?

Reprogrammed clones metastasize less

22-Jun-2023 - In most cancers, it is not the growth of the primary tumor that determines the prognosis for the patient, but whether it will spread and form metastases. This process is very complex. There are often years between the development of the cancer and the aggressive growth of the metastases. ...