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15 Mar 2019 / News, Research

A team of researchers led by Momo Bentires-Alj discoverd how stress hormones promote breast cancer metastasis

The researchers from the Bentires lab elucidated the molecular mechanisms by which stress hormones increase metastasis formation in breast cancer and further revealed that synthetic derivatives of these stress hormones, which are…

15 Mar 2019 / News, Campus

The New DBM Building will be realized by the Basel-based architecture firm Burckhardt+Partner

For details please see the Uninews (in german) or visit the New DBM Building website.

11 Feb 2019 / News, People

Daniela Thommen and co-workers from the Cancer Immunology lab were awarded a 2019 Pfizer Research Prize

The researchers were honoured for discovering a novel method for increasing the success rate of cancer immunotherapies targeting the PD-1 signaling pathway. Since 1992, the Pfizer Research Prize has been awarded annually for outstanding…

07 Feb 2019 / News, Research

Nicola Aceto and co-workers identified immune cells that enhance the metastatic potential of circulating tumor cells

The research team discovered the mechanism by which neutrophils, a specific set of immune cells, protect circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the bloodstream of cancer patients. The interaction between CTCs and neutrophils is mediated by a…

25 Jan 2019 / News, Research, People

The Christofori lab discovered a novel combination therapy, which triggers a conversion of malignant breast cancer cells into fat cells.

The researchers took advantage of the property of tumor cells to adapt dynamically to changing conditions. Using two established drugs, they could re-differentiate cancer cells to non-dividing fat cells.

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