Research helps – Not only now
Childhood cancer hits everyone involved like a “bolt from the blue”. From one moment to the next, the view of the world changes, the focus of life shifts. The affected child, the parents, even the entire environment usually fall into a “deep hole”. Despair and struggling with fa…
Cash donation from Arnold GmbH
Arnold GmbH from Frankfurt traditionally supports our research work again this year. The managing director of Arnold, Markus Bernsteiner (3rd from right), and his team (Sebastian Stroinski, André Serenbetz, Marko Jovanovic, Sebastian Herold and Elias Kurt) presented Dr Jens-Uwe…
Visualizing Molecular Patterns of Membrane TNF Receptors using single-molecule microscopy
The question of whether a sick cell dies, divides, or travels through the body is regulated by signal molecules that bind and activate receptors on the cell membrane. Among the most important molecular cues in the immune system is Tumor Necrosis Factor α (TNFα) that binds to TNF…
25 years plus 1 – A review
In September 1994, the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer was established with the aim of developing new therapy concepts and treatment options for children with cancer. In November 2019, under the patronage of Hesse’s Prime Minister Volker Bouffier, it celebrated its…
Oldtimer Club Freigericht
From left: Dr Jens-Uwe Vogel (Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer), Max Schad (Member of the Hessian State Parliament and patron of the Benefit Vintage Car Rally), Dirk Herrmann (Oldtimer- und Motorsportverein Freigericht e.V.), Mr and Mrs Schürmann (Oldtimer- und Moto…
Blood cancer: When drugs work
New marker found for the treatment of leukaemia patients
Patients suffering from acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) – a certain form of blood cancer – are treated with the help of chemotherapy. Often, the active substances Decitabine and Azacitidine – so-called DNA methyltransferase…
Financial resources for research
Dr. Sjoerd van Wijk, group leader at the Institute of Experimental Cancer Research in Pediatrics, received a research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) to further expand his own research group working on the regulation of ubiquitination in cell fate control. Previo…
Funding for Mildred Scheel Young Investigators Centre
The Mildred Scheel Young Investigators Centre in Frankfurt, whose spokesperson is Prof. Simone Fulda, is receiving funding of 10 million euros from German Cancer Aid. This makes the Department of Medicine at Goethe University and the University Hospital Frankfurt one of only fiv…
