20 Jan 2022 / News, Research

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…

11 Jan 2022 / News, Research

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…

17 Dec 2021 / News, Research

When the brain switches from hearing to listening (Rinaldi Barkat Lab)

What happens in the brain when simply hearing becomes listening? To answer this question, researchers at the University of Basel have traced the neuronal fingerprint of the two types of sound processing in the mouse brain.

02 Dec 2021 / News, Research

Cancer cells may promote metastases and resistance to therapy, depending on their state (Christofori Lab)

A type of cell transformation known as EMT enables cancer cells to break away from the tumor and form metastases elsewhere. However, this process does not always take place in full. Researchers at the University of Basel have now been able…