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<p><strong>Therapeutic key for lung cancer discovered</strong></p>

Reprogramming of certain white blood cells around tumor tissue inhibits tumor growth more

Rajkumar Savai receives the „Mid-Career Achievement Award“ of the American Thoracic Society (ATS)

Professor Rajkumar Savai, MD, was awarded the Thoracic Oncology “Mid-Career Achievement Award” for his significant and meaningful contribution to thoracic oncology research at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in Washington, DC, USA. more

Fan Wu receives the Max Planck Society's Peter Hans Hofschneider Prize 2023

Special honour for the young scientist Fan Wu from the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim: At this year's annual meeting of the Max Planck Society, the researcher was awarded the Peter Hans Hofschneider Prize. more

European research money for Max Planck researchers<br /> 

German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, British Heart Foundation and the Dutch Heart Foundation provide 5.3 million euros to international research teams more

Assembly within the tumor center

Number of macrophages in tumor tissue enables prognosis of lung tumor progression more

Re-programmed macrophages fighting against lung cancer

Often lung cancer ends fatally. A major reason for this is that the tumour frequently is being detected at an advanced stage only. Furthermore, the effectiveness of modern therapies, such as the immune therapy, is limited as well. Scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim and the Justus Liebig University in Giessen proved that a certain group of leukocytes, so-called tumour-associated macrophages, play an essential role during the formation of metastases. The hereby involved molecular regulatory cascade might be a target for future therapeutic measures. more

Helpers on the wrong path: Lymphocytes can force lung cancer

Th9 / Th17 T helper cells stimulate the formation of metastases in lung tumors more

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