Using targeted immunotherapy, doctors have succeeded in curing a type of autoimmune enteritis caused by a recently discovered genetic mutation. This report comes from researchers at the Department of Biomedicine of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and University Hospital Basel. Their results raise new possibilities for the management of diarrhea, which is often a side effect of melanoma treatment.
At the 556th Dies Academicus, the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ awarded honorary doctorates to eight figures from academia and society. Those honored included, inter alia, writer Thomas Hürlimann, museum director Sam Keller and medical historian Barbara Duden.
Mental disorders and physical diseases frequently go hand in hand. For the first time, psychologists at the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and Ruhr University Bochum have identified temporal patterns in young people: arthritis and diseases of the digestive system are more common after depression, while anxiety disorders tend to be followed by skin diseases.
Walking, as part of locomotion, is a coordinated whole-body movement that involves both the arms and legs. Researchers at the Biozentrum of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have identified different subpopulations of neurons in the spinal cord with long projections. The results show that these neurons coordinate movement of arms and legs and ensure a stable body posture during locomotion.
Scientists from the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ have succeeded in organizing spherical compartments into clusters mimicking the way natural organelles would create complex structures. They managed to connect the synthetic compartments by creating bridges made of DNA between them.
Being in good shape protects against the health problems that arise when we feel particularly stressed at work. As reported by sports scientists from the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and Sweden, it pays to stay physically active, especially during periods of high stress.
The bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a life-threatening pathogen in hospitals. About ten percent of all nosocomial infections, in particular pneumonia, are caused by this pathogen. Researchers from the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s Biozentrum, have now discovered that calcium induces the switch from acute to chronic infection.
The dream of weightlessness came true on Saturday for two researchers from the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. During a parabolic flight, the scientists tested a newly developed measuring device under reduced gravity.
Scientists at the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ discovered a fundamental new mechanism explaining the inadequate immune defense against chronic viral infection. These results may open up new avenues for vaccine development.