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How cancer cells alter bone tissue

How cancer cells alter bone tissue

Migrating tumour cells produce a protein that aids them to set up home in bones, as University of Freiburg researchers show

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Traffic jam in the cell

Traffic jam in the cell

A German-Polish team with scientists from Freiburg revealed how cells survive mistargeting of mitochondrial proteins

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New curricula for a valuable resource

New curricula for a valuable resource

European Union supports international project for the sustainable usage of water with almost one million euros

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Searching for Life in the Alpha Centauri System

Searching for Life in the Alpha Centauri System

A new technique enables scientists to search for traces of life on exoplanets in reflected light

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Watching a tumour grow in real-time

Watching a tumour grow in real-time

Researchers from the University of Freiburg have gained new insight into the phases of breast cancer growth

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Toxin from Salmonid Fish has Potential to Treat Cancer

 Toxin from Salmonid Fish has Potential to Treat Cancer

Researchers from the University of Freiburg decode molecular mechanism of fish pathogen

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Spectacular Architecture, Outstanding Services

Spectacular Architecture, Outstanding Services

In Freiburg, one of the most modern and largest university libraries goes into trial operation

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Data Collection Resumes at the Large Hadron Collider

 Data Collection Resumes at the Large Hadron Collider

Freiburg physicists receive 6.2 million euros for their work at the research centre for elementary particle physics CERN

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Distinction for Jeffrey A. Himmel

Distinction for Jeffrey A. Himmel

President of Freiburg Alumni Club North America receives University Medal

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How cancer cells avoid shutdown

How cancer cells avoid shutdown

University of Freiburg researchers unravel mechanisms by which a protein that promotes tumour growth is produced during stress

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Age and Fertility in Social Insects

Age and Fertility in Social Insects

The German Research Foundation approves funding for a new research unit coordinated at the University of Freiburg

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Fine Tuning in the Brain

Fine Tuning in the Brain

Researchers develop a computer model to explain how nerve cell connections form in the visual cortex

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Only 340 Craters Left

Only 340 Craters Left

Researchers calculate amount of undiscovered meteorite impact sites on Earth’s surface

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Thousands of Droplets for Diagnostics

Thousands of Droplets for Diagnostics

Researchers develop new method enabling DNA molecules to be counted in just 30 minutes

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Bacterial Protein Serves as Sensor

Bacterial Protein Serves as Sensor

German-French research team improves method for size-discrimination of individual molecules

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Molecular Docking Site of a Bacterial Toxin Identified

Molecular Docking Site of a Bacterial Toxin Identified

Researchers from the University of Freiburg have discovered how the toxins of dangerous bacteria enter the interiors of cells

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Stem Cell Switch on the Move

Stem Cell Switch on the Move

Biologists from the University of Freiburg demonstrate how signals in plant roots determine the activity of stem cells

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Molecular Chaperones Help with Folding

 Molecular Chaperones Help with Folding

University of Freiburg researchers demonstrate how so-called chaperones collaborate to create barrels for protein folding

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Building Scaffolds in the Cell’s Power Stations

Building Scaffolds in the Cell’s Power Stations

Researchers at the University of Freiburg discover a basic architectural principle of mitochondria

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Genetic Basis of Mental Illnesses

Genetic Basis of Mental Illnesses

Researchers hope their study will enable the development of new drugs and therapies

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