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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.

CTC cluster in microfluidic device
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The Aceto Lab finds that clustering of circulating tumor cells results in DNA hypomethylation and metastasis formation. These effects can be reversed by an approved drug.

The most dangerous aspect of breast cancer is the formation of metastases, which are seeded by circulating tumor cell clusters (CTC clusters). The team around Nicola Aceto has now discovered that the binding sites for stemness- and…

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The European Research Council awards Lukas Jeker an ERC Consolidator Grant

With the 2.4 Million Euro grant by the European Research Council, the Jeker lab will further investigate the inner workings of immune cells on a molecular level with the aim to use genetic immune cell reprogramming to develop novel…

The Botnar Research Centre for Child Health (BRCCH)
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Georg Holländer (DBM) and Sai Reddy (D-BSSE) will head the new Botnar Research Centre for Child Health

DBM research group leader Georg Holländer will be the foundig director of the Botnar Research Centre for Child Health at the University of Basel and ETH Zürich.Uninews

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Sara Meyer receives SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship

The DBM congratulates PD Dr. Dr. Sara Meyer, who was awarded a SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship (http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/careers/eccellenza/Pages/default.aspx)  for her project "Mechanisms and targeting of oncogenic MAPK…

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