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Mechanisms behind aggressive cancer metastases uncovered (Bentires-Alj Lab)

Breast cancer spreading to other organs usually heralds a poorer prognosis. Researchers at the University and University Hospital of Basel have discovered a process that helps breast cancer cells implant themselves in certain places in the…
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Dual TLR9 and PD-L1 targeting unleashes dendritic cells to induce durable anti-tumor immunity (Zippelius Lab)

Although immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been a breakthrough in clinical oncology, these therapies often fail to produce durable responses in a significant proportion of patients. This lack of long-term efficacy may be attributed…
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Department of Biomedicine Newsletter No. 4

We're pleased to announce the release of the fourth edition of our DBM newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading it!
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Emerging insights reveal that rare diseases may be more prevalent than previously thought (Recher Lab)

The DBM congratulates Professor Mike Recher and his team, along with Dr. Hiroyuki Yamamoto's group from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo, Japan, on their recent publication in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical…
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New vaccine concept against SARS-CoV-2 successfully tested

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a new approach for a vaccine against COVID-19. This vaccine is based on a modified coronavirus that can enter body cells and trigger an effective immune response but cannot multiply in…