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20.10.2025 Pediatric oncology

Targeted Diet Enhances Effects of New Childhood Cancer Therapy

Researchers from UZH and Kispi have developed a new approach to treat children with malignant tumors of the nervous system. Combined with a special diet, an approved drug slows tumor growth much more effectively.

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16.10.2025 Cardiology

AI analyzes world's largest heart attack data sets – and reveals new treatment methods

A landmark international study led by the University of Zurich has shown that artificial intelligence can assess patient risk for the most common type of heart attack more accurately than existing methods. This could enable doctors to guide more personalized treatment decisions for patients.

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15.10.2025 1st Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium

Beyond Women’s Hearts

Heart attack symptoms, disease risks, drug responses: our understanding of gender- and sex-specific differences in medicine is growing.

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15.10.2025 Immunology

Checkpoint Inhibitor Promotes Tissue Repair

UZH researchers have identified a new, important function of immune checkpoint inhibitors: promotion of tissue healing. This finding could help treat fibrosis and chronic wounds.

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14.10.2025 Biomedical research

“The Research is Better When Both Sexes are Included”

Neuroendocrinologist Ivana Jaric is spearheading the first pan-European network aimed at integrating sex as a biological variable into preclinical research.

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09.10.2025 Metabolic health

Air Pollution Can Contribute to Obesity and Diabetes

Long-term exposure to fine air pollution can impair metabolic health by disrupting the normal function of brown fat in mice, which can lead to insulin resistance and metabolic disorders.

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03.10.2025 Neuromodulation

Researchers use Ultrasound Holograms to Influence Brain Networks

The technique could open up new possibilities for treating devastating brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and depression.

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29.09.2025 Immunology

Tricky Tumors

Brain tumors exploit the body’s immune system for their own benefit. Neurosurgeon Jenny Kienzler is researching ways to prevent this.

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25.09.2025 AI-X Summit

Using AI Responsibly

Artificial intelligence (AI) is permeating more and more areas of life. Scientists at the University of Zurich (UZH) are developing new solutions, but they are also highlighting the consequences for our society.

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24.09.2025 Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Lifelong Motor Function Development

UZH researchers found that strength and coordination decrease dramatically with age, but fine motor skills of our hands and fingers do not.

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23.09.2025 Medical Studies

“UZH is playing a pioneering role throughout Switzerland”

The Med500+ project aims to create significantly more places to study medicine. At the same time, the medical curriculum will be reformed.

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17.09.2025 Koetser-Prize 2025

Encoding Experiences in the Brain

Rosa Cossart receives the Koetser-Prize for her work on brain development and its impact on adult brain function.

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16.09.2025 Regenerative medicine

Stem Cells Repair Mouse Brains Post-Stroke

Stem cell transplantation can reverse stroke damage. Its beneficial effects include regeneration of neurons and restoration of motor functions, marking a milestone in the treatment of brain disorders.

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10.09.2025 Brain Research

Watching the Brain Learn

Modern imaging technology is improving our understanding of how the brain works. In the long term, this will help us treat learning disorders, among other things.

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28.08.2025 Portrait

Operating with a Robot

José Oberholzer was one of the first worldwide to perform organ transplants using robotic assistance. He now mentors the next generation of surgeons.

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12.08.2025 Technology development

AI Meets CRISPR for Precise Gene Editing

The powerful new method opens the door to more accurate modeling of human diseases and lays the groundwork for next-gen gene therapies.

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14.07.2025 Evolutionary Medicine

Swiss Genome of the 1918 Influenza Virus Reconstructed

Researchers discovered that the virus already had key adaptations to the human host at the beginning of the world's deadliest influenza pandemic.

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09.07.2025 Regenerative Medicine

Biomedicine Inspires at Osaka Expo

Stem cell researcher Melanie Generali shares how UZH scientists brought high-tech medicine to the public at the Expo in Osaka – without resorting to jargon.

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09.07.2025 One Health

Mapping Disease Across the Globe

Thomas Van Boeckel investigates environmental factors, global patterns of infectious disease and antibiotic resistance in order to better combat these issues.

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19.06.2025 Translational psychiatric research

“ADHD is complex. There are no black and white answers.”

Molecular neuroscientist Edna Grünblatt uses stem cells from individuals with ADHD to investigate how certain neurons in the brain develop and how medication works.

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