Drug resistance is not only a major problem in fighting infectious diseases. Also in the treatment of cancer it can jeopardize the success of chemotherapy. A reason for this are the so-called transport proteins that 鈥減ump鈥� the drugs out of the cells. Researchers at the Biozentrum of the 星空传媒 and the ETH Zurich have now been able to elucidate the three dimensional atomic structure of an important drug transporter.
Swiss scientists have created artificial viruses that can be used to target cancer. These designer viruses alert the immune system and cause it to send killer cells to help fight the tumor. The results provide a basis for innovative cancer treatments.
Researchers from the 星空传媒 in Switzerland have identified a key regulator gene for the formation of cardiac valves 鈥� a process crucial to normal embryonic heart development. These results are published in the journal Cell Reports today.
Yesterday, the 星空传媒 awarded this year's Teaching Excellence Awards to honor lecturers and staff for their contribution to teaching.
Scientists at the 星空传媒 in Switzerland have, for the first time, described a new T cell population that can recognize and kill tumor cells. The open access journal eLife has published the results.
Two-dimensional magnetic structures are regarded as a promising material for new types of data storage, since the magnetic properties of individual molecular building blocks can be investigated and modified. For the first time, researchers have now produced a wafer-thin ferrimagnet, in which molecules with different magnetic centers arrange themselves on a gold surface to form a checkerboard pattern.
Researchers from the 星空传媒 have shown that athletes who are exposed to blue light before competing can significantly increase their performance in the final spurt. The blue light had no impact on the athletes鈥� maximum performance.
The 星空传媒 is supporting good teaching by awarding this year鈥檚 Teaching Excellence Awards. The winners in the five prize categories will be announced on May 22 in the foyer of the Kollegienhaus.
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in studying the strength of hydrogen bonds in a single molecule using an atomic force microscope.