Targeted approach to therapy for rare type of bone cancer

12-Apr-2019 - Chordomas are rare bone tumors for which only few options of treatment exist. Scientists and doctors from the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) have discovered a particular genetic trait of ...

A sensor for the most important human cancer gene

Molecular “detector” recognizes most frequent cancer-mutation in cells and initiates to kill them

15-Nov-2017 - If it burns in a house smoke detectors alert us hence protecting life. A molecular smoke alert has now been developed by Dresden researchers for the TP53 gene, the most important human cancer gene. The alert goes on if the TP53 gene is mutated in cells. The molecular smoke detector works like a ...