News from KiTZ

Pediatric oncology needs international cooperation

 

Around World Childhood Cancer Day in February, the KiTZ's social media channels were dedicated to this motto. In addition to information on childhood…

Video guide for families with children with cancer: "We can do it!"

 

When children and young people fall ill with cancer, their whole world changes. Cancer treatments and hospital stays leave their mark, and not just…

Dominik Sturm receives Dr. Maresch-Klingelhöffer Award 2024

 

The pediatrician and scientist from the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) is being honored for…

"Fight Kids Cancer" funds research projects at the Hopp Children's Cancer Centre Heidelberg with around 6.5 million euros

 

Four projects at the Hopp Children's Cancer Centre Heidelberg (KiTZ) have been selected by the European "Fight Kids Cancer" program in the 2024 call…

Franziska Blaeschke honored for research into improved immunotherapies for children with cancer

 

Franziska Blaeschke, junior research group leader at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ),…

Florists collect 135,504 euros for children's cancer research at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center in Heidelberg

 

Children and young people with cancer need better and child-friendly therapies. This is what the donation campaign "Give Flowers. Spread hope." of the…

KiTZ Foundation in memory of Kirstin Diehl supports children's cancer research with 200,000 euros

 

The KiTZ Foundation in memory of Kirstin Diehl supports particularly promising cancer research projects at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center…

Ana Banito receives Hella Bühler Prize 2024

 

Her outstanding research on the biology of soft-tissue sarcomas, a kind of tumor occurring in particular with children and young adults, has earned…

ODWIN gGmbH donates 5.65 million euros for cell and gene therapy program at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center in Heidelberg

 

In recent years, medicine has achieved some spectacular successes with cell and gene therapies for cancer and many rare diseases, including in the…

Flowers for a good cause

 

Children and young people with cancer need better and child-friendly therapies. In order to achieve this, the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg…