(Vienna, 18.12.2020) Each year, the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna awards the most outstanding invention. In 2020, the prize went to our co-inventors from the external module of CCRI´s Christian-Doppler Laboratory for Next Generation CAR T Cells, DI Michael Traxlmayr, PhD, and Charlotte Zajc, PhD, with…
CCRI Christian-Doppler Lab wins BOKU Invention of the Year 2020 Award
New method of Coronavirus Decontamination
(Vienna, 17.12.2020) Prof. Thomas Lion, MD, PhD, MSc, of St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute in Vienna and Doc. Ing. Vladimir Scholtz, PhD, of the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, are selected for the first international FWF corona urgent funding. The focus of their research project is on…
Video: Early cancer diagnosis seems crucial in children with immune defect
(Vienna, 03.12.2020) CD27/CD70 deficiencies can lead to cancer in small children: “If diagnosed at an early stage, the majority of these patients are responsive to the hematopoietic stem cell treatment”, says Co-first author Sevgi Köstel Bal, MD, Phd, St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI)’s, in a video statement on…
Cancer in children with rare inborn immune defect: High cure rate if treated early
(Vienna, 03.12.2020) New research data highlight a marked predisposition to lymphoma, a type of cancer, in children harboring specific gene mutations. A significant fraction of these rare mutations also cause inborn immune defects associated with recurrent infections. Collaborating closely with leading centers across the world, researchers investigated patients bearing recently…