An innovative combination therapy can force malignant breast cancer cells to turn into fat cells. This can be used to prevent the formation of metastases in mice, as researchers at the University of Basel's Department of Biomedicine recently reported in the journal Cancer Cell.

The pneumonia causing pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa has developed a twin-track strategy to colonize its host.

Researchers from the University of Basel have reported a new method that allows the physical state of just a few atoms or molecules within a network to be controlled.

The most deadly aspect of breast cancer is metastasis. It spreads cancer cells throughout the body.

Buruli ulcer is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) resulting in debilitating skin lesions and disabilities.

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.