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Marc Aurel Busche awarded the 2026 Rainwater Prize for Innovative Early Career Scientists

Professor Marc Aurel Busche, Research Group Leader at the Department of Biomedicine (DBM), University of Basel, has been awarded the 2026 Rainwater Prize for Innovative Early Career Scientists. This is one of the most prestigious…

Newsletter No. 12

Department of Biomedicine Newsletter No. 12

We are pleased to announce the release of the twelfth edition of our DBM newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading it!

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New insights into the cellular origin of aggressive acute myeloid leukemia (Schwaller Lab)

Researchers from the Schwaller lab and their collaborators have published a new study in Nature Communications that provides important insight into the origin of a highly aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The study, led by…

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When a virus releases the immune brake: New evidence on the onset of multiple sclerosis (Derfuss Lab)

Autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis arise when the immune system turns against the body itself. Yet for most of them, it remains unclear why this process begins. Researchers have now identified how a common viral infection can,…

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New test shows which antibiotics actually work (Boeck Lab)

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory conditions. A critical factor, however, is whether the active substances actually kill the pathogens in the body.…

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