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…
From April 28 to May 24, you can once again buy and give flower creations throughout Germany for the benefit of children and young people with cancer.…
Physician and scientist Franziska Blaeschke from KiTZ, Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) has been…
The prestigious Erna Brunner Prize 2024, endowed with 10,000 euros, goes to Franziska Blaeschke, assistant physician at Heidelberg University Hospital…
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new Emmy Noether Junior Research Group at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) and…
The charity “Team Bensheim - Tour der Hoffnung e.V.” collects donations through sporting and cultural events to support children and young people with…
With its “Consolidator Grants”, the European Research Council (ERC) supports excellent scientists in advancing their independent careers. This year,…
