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New results in the Life Science Research at the University and ETH Zurich emerge regularly. If you want to form an own opinion on a scientific topic or to get the necessary knowledge for a founded decision before an upcoming vote, you need adequate information. Life Science Zurich summarizes the main research findings of the two Zurich universities and publishes them here.
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce brown adipose tissue
ETH Zurich scientists have shown that statins, one of the most commonly prescribed classes of pharmaceuticals, reduce beneficial brown adipose tissue. But this is no reason to demonise these drugs, the researchers insist.
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Firing Up the Brain
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After the CRISPR babies, what next?
What the Chinese scientist He Jiankui has done is utterly irresponsible, asserts Jacob Corn in the ETH Zukunftsblog. Nonetheless, we should not vilify germline therapy for good.
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Turning Up the Heat on Cancer
A new kind of heat treatment could be an effective way of supporting cancer therapy. Caroline Maake heats up tumors using naturally occurring nanoparticles, which has shown to eliminate cancer cells in animal models. Thanks to two funding projects, the UZH professor can continue to develop this promising approach and use it on horses suffering from tumors of the connective tissue.