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Laying the Foundation for the Future of the Department of Biomedicine

A major milestone in the advancement of biomedical research in Switzerland was reached today with the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the new research building of the Department of Biomedicine (DBM) at the University of Basel.

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Welcome to the Team – Pietro Cippà Lab!

Professor Dr. Pietro Cippà has been appointed Professor of Nephrology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Basel and Head of the Nephrology Laboratory at the DBM. He will also head the Department of Nephrology and Transplant…

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Microdosing LSD for ADHD: No Therapeutic Benefit Found (Liechti Lab)

LSD is widely known as a hallucinogenic drug, but is increasingly being studied for its potential to treat mental disorders. Researchers have now systematically tested whether microdoses of LSD can alleviate symptoms of attention deficit…

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Cartilage implants offer hope for knee injuries (Barbero Lab and Martin Lab)

Researchers at the Department of Biomedicine, together with colleagues at the University Hospital Basel and other centers in Germany, Italy and Croatia, have developed cartilage implants from nasal septum cells that offer a promising…

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PROX1 Maintains Hepatocyte Identity and Prevents Liver Cancer by Suppressing Cell Fate Plasticity (Zaugg Lab)

A groundbreaking study co-led by postdoctoral researcher Aryan Kamal of the Zaugg lab, affiliated with the EMBL in Heidelberg and our Department of Biomedicine, in collaboration with Bryce Lim in Moritz Mall’s labat the German Cancer…

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