Research

NK Cell Immunotherapy offers New Hope for Fibrosis Research jointly led by scientists at the Heidelberg site of the German Center for Lung Research and investigators in Boston at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School identifies a new immunotherapy-based approach for lung fibrosis: reactivating natural killer cell (NK cells) to eliminate senescent fibroblasts, reverse […]

In a paper newly published in mAbs, Universität Stuttgart-, Technical University of Braunschweig-, and YUMAB GmbH-based authors reveal research results for novel antagonistic anti-EGFR antibodies that have potential to overcome resistance to current T-cell engagers against the same target. ABSTRACT Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a validated therapeutic target in several human cancers harboring […]

Nature Neuroscience study identifies human plaque-associated microglia using deep learning-based cell segmentation

Researchers’ newest technologies allow them to discover tiny protein that plays a big role in awakening dormant cells when it’s safe to resume normal operations Summary It’s a tough world for microbes. When resources grow limited and environments worsen, microbes have figured out ways to hunker down and go dormant until conditions improve. However, scientists […]

An international consortium has found over 1,700 new proteins from noncoding DNA, many of which show potential as targets for cancer immunotherapy In a collaborative effort, scientists in the TransCODE consortium reveal more than 1,700 new proteins that could have implications for human diseases, including cancer. These tiny proteins were found in what’s called the […]

Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the HI-STEM* Stem Cell Institute have deciphered a key mechanism that contributes to treatment failure in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). They show that there are not just one, but four different subtypes of leukemia stem cells. This diversity could explain why one of the most important […]

Whether people try to quit smoking depends heavily on public health policies in their respective countries – whether they are successful, however, depends primarily on their personal environment and behavior. This was the finding of researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in an international study. The researchers analyzed data from over 50,000 smokers […]

Led by researchers from Heidelberg Faculty of Medicine at Heidelberg University and the University of California, San Francisco (USA), an international research team has evaluated a novel approach for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. The method enables detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis without laboratory infrastructure, within a markedly shorter time frame than conventional diagnostics, and using […]

Scholz, P., Thompson, J., Crosby, K.T. et al. RNA-triggered cell killing with CRISPR–Cas12a2. Nature (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10466-y Abstract Selectively eradicating target cells on the basis of their genetic or transcriptional identity remains important in basic research, medicine, biotechnology and agriculture1,2,3. For applications involving bacteria, CRISPR nucleases offer promising options due to their ability to enact RNA-guided counterselection4,5,6,7; however, using these […]