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Information and prevention: Lynch syndrome is a family story
More and more people develop colorectal cancer at a young age. Every fifth colorectal cancer under 50 has a hereditary cause. The …
New initiative to INDICATE cancer risks
Scientists from the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Heidelberg University Hospital and Heidelberg …
New Research Project: Mathematical Oncology in Heidelberg
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Heidelberg is working together to develop mathematical modeling to help decipher tumor development in hereditary …
HITSters will be part of new faculty at Heidelberg University
Heidelberg University has founded the Faculty of Engineering Sciences to pool competences for innovative engineering approaches with international visibility. HITS researchers …
Computational Oncology: Exploring the origin of Colon Cancer
Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in men and women worldwide. Due to the microscopic size of the …
Investigating cancer development with the help of mathematics
Scientists from Heidelberg have found a way to trace cancer formation using mathematical models. The results have now been published in …
Making sense of what you see in biomedical images
Sometimes an image is just an image. Sometimes it gives those who can read it correctly a deeper insight into what …
The calculated tumor – how algorithms support the search for vaccines against cancer
Malignant tumors are caused by genetic mutations. In so-called microsatellite unstable (MSI) tumors, an important repair system of the cell has …
Starting from scratch – HITS group leader Vincent Heuveline nominated as one of 108 “Heidelberg Heroes”
Our notion of a hero is usually a person who is admired for having done something brave or having achieved something …
Programmieren von der Pike auf: HITS unterstützt Roboter-Wettbewerb
Vom 11.-12. Oktober 2018 fand am Ernst-Sigle-Gymnasium in Kornwestheim (Baden-Württemberg) der Programmierwettbewerb zum Thema „Mathematik und Robotik“ statt. Schülerinnen und …
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