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The DBM congratulates Maud Wilhelm and Amandeep Kaur on their outstanding article
Maud Wilhelm and Amandeep Kaur's work (Hirsch Lab) was elected as one of the top 3 laboratory papers by the Scientific Board of the Swiss Transplant Society. Even more, it was voted as the Number 1 presentation at the 19th Annual Meeting…
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Professor Verdon Taylor: “We generate tiny brains in the Petri dish”
Professor Verdon Taylor from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel studies the development of the brain from stem cells, including using animal-free methods. Here, he explains which research questions can be answered…
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Magnesium is essential for the immune system, including in the fight against cancer (Hess Lab)
The level of magnesium in the blood is an important factor in the immune system’s ability to tackle pathogens and cancer cells. Writing in the journal Cell, researchers from the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel have…
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AI offers a faster way to predict antibiotic resistance (Egli Lab)
Computer algorithms can determine antimicrobial resistance of pathogens faster than previous methods. This is the result of a study by researchers at the University of Basel, the University Hospital Basel and ETH Zurich. This could help…