Development
Genome editing: immense potential in Africa
29.04.2024
With the invention of CRISPR-Cas9, that famous pair of molecular scissors, genome editing has revolutionized fundamental research around the world. Until now, however, the African continent has remained on the fringe of this scientific progress. Researchers, including Thomas Auer of the University of Fribourg, are convinced that this technology will make it possible to meet major challenges in a variety of areas like agriculture, livestock breedi...
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Biologie
Comprehensive Method Developed for More Accurate Disease Monitoring
02.05.2024
Researchers at the University of Freiburg have achieved a breakthrough that enables a more precise understanding and potentially more effective treatment of diseases such as cancer...
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Sleep
When the digestive system affects baby's sleep
25.04.2024
Sleep rhythm and the neurological development of infants depend closely on the brain and the gut. Two researchers at the University of Fribourg, working with colleagues from ETH Zu...
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Research
Plastics soon to be more easily degradable?
12.04.2024
Researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute, in collaboration with the Technical University of Darmstadt, have developed a new type of polymer - the main component of plastics - th...
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Cancer
Cancer and inflammation: end of a dangerous connection soon?
19.02.2024
Researchers at the University of Fribourg have discovered a mechanism in the body that can have serious consequences for women with breast cancer. Granulocytes, a type of white blo...
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Biology
Scientists at the University of Fribourg have revealed a mechanism that can reduce age-related neuroinflammation
09.02.2024
The more we age, the less our cells are capable of "cleaning out" the waste they produce. The consequences of this degeneration are serious since it can cause inflammation and dysf...
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Alma&Georges | Webzine
Carbon emissions: do the ends justify the means?
30.01.2024
They are both the problem and the solution. While emitting vast quantities of carbon, oil companies also happen to be technically in the best position to artificially extract CO2 f...
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Climate
Global warming: glacial records lost forever
23.01.2024
It took no more than two years for the Corbassière Glacier in Valais to become practically useless for studying climate change. This has been made clear by core sampling done as pa...
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Paleontology
A long-known fossil site yields new secrets
21.12.2023
For paleontologists, there is a shortage of fossils for tracing the evolutionary history of the Amazon region, a place that boasts unparalleled biodiversity. By drawing on new data...
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Optogenetics
Successful step towards artificial vision
12.10.2023
A group of researchers from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, China and the USA has made a discovery which could form the basis of a new generation of visual prostheses. T...
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