Metastases are formed by cancer cells that break away from the primary tumor. A research group at the University of Basel has now identified lack of oxygen as the trigger for this process. The results reveal an important relationship between the oxygen supply to tumors and the formation of metastases.
Professor Nicola Aceto of the University of Basel is awarded the prestigious Friedrich Miescher Award 2020 for his research on circulating tumor cell clusters. He shares the award with Professor Greta Guarda, a group leader at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Bellinzona.
Tumor cells use a certain type of immune cells, the so-called neutrophils, to enhance their ability to form metastases. Scientists have deciphered the mechanisms of this collaboration and found strategies for blocking them. This is reported by researchers from the University of Basel and the University Hospital of Basel in the scientific journal “Nature”.
The most deadly aspect of breast cancer is metastasis. It spreads cancer cells throughout the body. Researchers at the University of Basel and the University Hospital of Basel have now discovered a substance that suppresses the formation of metastases. In the journal Cell, the team of molecular biologists, computational biologists, and clinicians reports on their interdisciplinary approach.
The Swiss National Science Foundation has awarded three new professorships to the University of Basel. Three researchers, two men and one woman, have chosen the University of Basel as their host institution and will take up their work at the Department of Biomedicine and the Faculty of Psychology.
Drei Wissenschaftler der Universität Basel haben sich erfolgreich um einen Starting Grant des Europäischen Forschungsrats (ERC) beworben: Der Biomediziner Dr. Nicola Aceto, der Mathematiker Prof. Gianluca Crippa und der Physiker Prof. Philipp Treutlein erhalten in den kommenden fünf Jahren Fördermittel von bis zu 1,7 Millionen Euro.Three researchers from the University of Basel have successfully applied for a starting grant of the European Research Council (ERC): Biomedical specialist Dr. Nicola Aceto, mathematician Professor Gianluca Crippa and physicist Professor Philipp Treutlein will receive funding of up to 1.7 million Euros over the next five years.