International stem cell research centre established
20 December, 2021A grant of up to €300 million over 10 years has enabled the establishment of a major international research centre focused on stem cell medicine.
Probiotics found to improve nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
14 December, 2021Researchers set out to determine whether supplementing with a probiotic could be beneficial for gastrointestinal function during pregnancy.
Immune cells in the skin play a surprising role in allergies
07 December, 2021New research has found that dendritic cells in the skin behave differently from their counterparts elsewhere in the body.
Gut medication may be hindering lung cancer treatment
03 December, 2021A common medication used to treat reflux, heartburn and ulcers could be lessening the effectiveness of lung cancer immunotherapy drugs.
Understanding Omicron severity will take days to weeks: WHO
30 November, 2021The new Omicron COVID-19 variant has been declared to be "of concern" by the World Health Organization but understanding the level of severity will take days to weeks.
Major limitation discovered in cellular biology analysis tool
26 November, 2021The discovery will force the reassessment of a large amount of already-published scientific literature to determine if the reported observations are accurate.
Early embryonic development stage finally mapped in humans
24 November, 2021There is currently very little understanding of the crucial gastrulation stage that occurs shortly after the embryo implants in the womb.
Tackling antibiotic resistance: free course and new research
19 November, 2021The course will help build products and solutions to tackle antimicrobial resistance, while separately researchers have found a way to increase antibiotic effectiveness.
Gut microbiome–autism link flipped on its head
12 November, 2021Diversity in microbe species found in the guts of children with autism may be due to their restricted dietary preferences, rather than the cause of their symptoms.
Oral hookworm vaccine proves effective in mice
11 November, 2021The new vaccine targets the hookworm's digestion enzyme (APR 1). When the function of these enzymes is blocked, the parasite starves.
How bipolar disorder changes the brain over time
05 November, 2021A multicentre longitudinal study has confirmed aberrant changes over time in the brains of people with bipolar disorder.
Alzheimer's spreads differently to how we thought
03 November, 2021Researchers have used human data to quantify the speed of different processes that lead to Alzheimer's disease.
Ineffective psoriasis drugs block the wrong mechanism
29 October, 2021Just in time for World Psoriasis Day, UZH researchers have published a study explaining why common psoriasis drugs show insufficient treatment efficacy.
Amino acid supplement could keep dementia at bay
28 October, 2021In older individuals, low-protein diets are linked to poor maintenance of brain function. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.
Brain artery variation can indicate risk of aneurysms
26 October, 2021A new study has measured for the first time a link between variations in size of the brain's arteries and the likelihood of a cerebral aneurysm.
