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Salvatore Piscuoglio awarded with a Cloëtta Medical Research Position
The Foundation Board of the Prof. Dr. Max Cloëtta Foundation has awarded Salvatore Piscuoglio a five-year research position.
Basel oncologist, Heinz Läubli, receives research prize from the Propatient Foundation
Basel oncologist Heinz Läubli has been awarded the Annemarie Karrasch Research Prize. The prize, awarded by the Propatient Foundation of the University Hospital Basel, is endowed with 25,000 Swiss francs.
A treatment for every kind of cancer
Lucia Mori and team from the University of Basel have identified cells in the immune system that are able to attack a wide range of cancer cells. Through a start-up, they are now aiming to use their discovery to develop clinically…
Immune cells discovered in the lungs improve virus defense
Carolyn King and her team have discovered immune cells resident in the lungs that persist long after a bout of flu. Experiments with mice have shown that these helper cells improve the immune response to reinfection by a different strain of…