The cancer cells of certain bone or soft tissue tumors in children and adolescents, known as Ewing's sarcoma, carry an extra copy of a chromosome that…
The “TFusion” project for the development of immunotherapies for children and adolescents with cancer receives funding of 1.5 million euros from the…
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…
