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Posts by University of Basel

Regular caffeine consumption affects brain structure

University of Basel | 02-15-2021

Regular caffeine intake can cause temporary changes in the brain’s gray matter. …

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Muscle aging: Stronger for longer

University of Basel | 09-09-2020

Researchers demonstrated in mice that the well-known drug, rapamycin, can delay the progression of age-related muscle weakness. …

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A lack of oxygen in tumors promotes metastasis

University of Basel | 09-08-2020

New findings reveal an important relationship between the oxygen supply to tumors and the formation of metastases. …

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One or the other: Why strength training might come at the expense of endurance muscles

University of Basel | 07-25-2019

New findings show neurotransmitter BDNF is produced by skeletal muscles and acts on both muscles and neuromuscular synapses, …

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Neuronal inclusions in Parkinson’s disease are different than expected

University of Basel | 06-26-2019

New research reveals that the neuronal inclusions in Parkinson’s disease are comprised of a membranous medley rather than protein fibrils, challenging the conventional understanding of the disease. …

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Engineered T cells promote long-term organ transplant acceptance

University of Basel | 01-15-2019

Organ transplant rejection is a major problem in transplantation medicine. Suppressing the immune system to prevent organ rejection, however, opens the door to life-threatening infections. …

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Researchers identify drug against the formation of metastasis

University of Basel | 01-10-2019

The most deadly aspect of breast cancer is metastasis. It spreads cancer cells throughout the body. Researchers at the University and the University Hospital of Basel have now discovered a substance that suppresses the formation of metastases. …

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Lethal combination: Drug cocktail turns off the juice to cancer cells

University of Basel | 12-11-2018

A widely used diabetes medication combined with an antihypertensive drug specifically inhibits tumor growth – this was discovered by researchers from the University of Basel’s Biozentrum two years ago. …

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Increased phosphate intake elevates blood pressure in healthy adults

University of Basel | 08-23-2018

If more phosphate is consumed with food, blood pressure and pulse rate increase in healthy young adults. …

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Human MAIT cells sense the metabolic state of enteric bacteria

University of Basel | 05-09-2018

A little-explored group of immune cells plays an important role in the regulation of intestinal bacteria. Changing metabolic states of the microbes have an effect on defense cells at different stages of alert or rest, …

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