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Researchers turn cancer cells into less harmful cell types (Bentires-Alj Lab)
Cancer cells resemble stem cells in being extremely adaptable. University of Basel researchers have identified compounds that artificially mature breast cancer cells of the highly aggressive triple negative subtype and convert them to a…
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Insufficient insulin processing leads to overweight (Donath Lab)
Overweight increases the risk of an imbalance in sugar metabolism and even of diabetes. Our research group led by Dr. Daniel Zeman-Meier has now shown the opposite is true as well: deficits in the body’s insulin production contribute to…
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A high-throughput drug screen reveals means to differentiate triple-negative breast cancer (Bentires-Alj Lab)
A study published by the Bentires-Alj Lab reveals that PLK1 inhibitors induce differentiation in triple-negative breast cancer.