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Proteome atlas for the tuberculosis pathogen
17-05-2013
Photographers know the problem all too well: with the naked eye, you can see which branch a bird is sitting on, but spotting the bird in the blur of branches through the telephoto lens for high-magnification images requires considerable skill. It is a similar story for researchers who are ...
Conversion from bad fat to good fat
30-04-2013
Scientists from ETH Zurich have shown for the first time that brown and white fat cells in a living organism can be converted from one cell type to the other. Their work, using mice as a model organism, provides important new insights into the origin of brown fat cells, which is a ...
Uncleaned cells mean weak muscles
24-04-2013
The protein complex mTORC1 promotes muscle growth. However, should this complex remain constantly active, it impairs the ability of the cells to self-clean, causing myopathy. Scientists working with Markus Rüegg, Professor at the Biozentrum, University of Basel. Similarly to parts in a ...
Highly endowed research project for developing an artificial sphincter
19-04-2013
The lack of control over one’s own bowel movements can severely affect an individual’s quality of life. Researchers at the University of Basel want to develop an adaptive implant that would be able to contract and relax like a natural muscle. The national research initiative Nano-Tera.ch will ...
Wild mice have natural protection against Lyme borreliosis
05-04-2013
Like humans, mice can become infected with Borrelia. However, not all mice that come into contact with these bacteria contract the dreaded Lyme disease: Animals with a particular gene variant are immune to the bacteria, as scientists from the universities of Zurich and Lund demonstrate. Wild ...
Selectively manipulating protein modifications
12-03-2013
Protein activity is strictly regulated. Incorrect or poor protein regulation can lead to uncontrolled growth and thus cancer or chronic inflammation. Members of the Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Zurich have identified enzymes that can ...
A sausage a day is too many
08-03-2013
Anyone who eats over 40 grams a day of sausage products or other kinds of processed meat is asking for trouble: the risk of mortality increases by 18 percent for every 50 grams of processed meat per day. This is the result of a study conducted with around 450,000 participants by the Institute ...
Sixth Merck Serono spin-off company to focus on gastrointestinal immunological disorders
05-03-2013
Merck Serono announced the creation of Calypso Biotech, the sixth spin-off company resulting from its Entrepreneur Partnership Program (EPP). Calypso Biotech was formed around Merck Serono’s R&D portfolio in the field of inflammatory bowel diseases, targeting selected niche indications with ...
New insights into the signaling network of the vital protein mTOR
25-02-2013
Many diseases are caused by malfunction of the mTOR signaling network. Accurate knowledge of network protagonists could therefore provide new therapeutic targets. The research group of Prof. Michael N. Hall at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has now identified a number of new ...
The age from when children can hop on one leg
22-02-2013
My child still can’t stand on one leg or walk down the stairs in alternating steps while all the other children already can. Are my child’s motor skills normal or does he need therapy? Parents of children of a pre-school age often ask questions like these and experts wonder from which age a ...
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