Press Release No. 6
Berlin
German Cancer Prize 2005 goes to Prof. Claus Scheidereit (MDC) and Prof. Bernd Dörken (Charité) – Molecular Basis of Hodgkin's Lymphoma Decoded
Prof. Claus Scheidereit from the MDC Berlin-Buch and Prof. Bernd Dörken (Charité – University Hospital Berlin, Campus Berlin-Buch, Campus Virchow and the MDC) have been awarded the German Cancer Prize 2005 for deciphering the molecular mechanism of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a common cancer of the lymphatic system. The award was presented to them at the Congress of the German Cancer Society on March 14, 2005 in Würzburg. The researcher and the clinician have “contributed significantly to the understanding of the molecular causes of Hodgkin’s lymphoma with their excellent research work, which was in part done in close cooperation, and have thus enabled the development of new therapeutic approaches”, as was stated in the announcement of the award. The German Cancer Prize goes to researchers from the MDC and clinicians from the Charité for the second time. In 1999 Prof. Walter Birchmeier (MDC) and Prof. Peter M. Schlag (Charité – Campus Berlin-Buch and MDC) received this award. Since its founding in 1992, the MDC, an institution of the Helmholtz Association, has worked closely with clinicians of the Charité. One main scientific focus at the MDC is cancer research.