Posts by University of Basel
Muscle aging: Stronger for longer
Researchers demonstrated in mice that the well-known drug, rapamycin, can delay the progression of age-related muscle weakness. …
Read Full ArticleA lack of oxygen in tumors promotes metastasis
New findings reveal an important relationship between the oxygen supply to tumors and the formation of metastases. …
Read Full ArticleOne or the other: Why strength training might come at the expense of endurance muscles
New findings show neurotransmitter BDNF is produced by skeletal muscles and acts on both muscles and neuromuscular synapses, …
Read Full ArticleNeuronal inclusions in Parkinson’s disease are different than expected
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. …
Read Full ArticleEngineered T cells promote long-term organ transplant acceptance
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. …
Read Full ArticleResearchers identify drug against the formation of metastasis
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. …
Read Full ArticleLethal combination: Drug cocktail turns off the juice to cancer cells
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. …
Read Full ArticleIncreased phosphate intake elevates blood pressure in healthy adults
If more phosphate is consumed with food, blood pressure and pulse rate increase in healthy young adults. …
Read Full ArticleHuman MAIT cells sense the metabolic state of enteric bacteria
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, …
Read Full ArticleSubstance in Chinese medicine can cause cardiac arrhythmia
A medicinal plant frequently used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) – Evodia rutaecarpa – contains substances that can cause cardiac arrhythmia. This is what researchers from the Universities of Basel, …
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