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Treating muscular disease - Santhera and Biozentrum join forces

Muscle biopsy of an MDC1A patient. Many muscle fibers (red) have died and been r

Health - May 20
Federal Councillor Alain Berset opens the World Health Assembly of the WHO

Event - May 17
Switzerland attends the 7th ASEM Education Ministers’ Meeting

Environment - May 17
Factsheet: Urine source separation

Pharmacology - May 16
Novartis data at ASCO and EHA demonstrate novel approaches to reimagining medicine in cancer and serious blood disorders

Health - May 16
Flu Prevention in Switzerland All interviewed hospitals offer free vaccinations for employees and document the

Health - May 16
Roche’s personalised medicine entrectinib shrank tumours harbouring NTRK, ROS1 or ALK gene fusions in children and adolescents

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Using 3D to test personalised treatments in five days

Pharmacology - May 21

UNIGE researchers have developed a cell co-culture platform that can reproduce a patient's tumour in 3D and test the best treatment combinations for its specific case in just five days. Why doesn't the same treatment work in the same way for every patient? How can a drug's performance be optimised without causing side effects due to an excessive dosage? In an attempt to answer these questions, researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, have devised a cell co-culture platform that reproduces a patient's tumour structure in 3D.

Health - May 20

A new non-invasive therapy for people with paraplegia

Researchers from the Alberto Santos Dumont Association for Research Support (AASDAP) in Brazil, in collaboration with EPFL, have developed a non-invasive strategy that combines functional electrostimulation and a brain-machine interface to help people with paraplegia walk again.

Health - May 17