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Uni Bern Magazin: Thema Health and Medicine

Virus hunting, digital diagnostics, animal welfare

Health and Medicine

Novel viruses, bacterial resistances and the shortage of medical specialists pose major challenges for our society. To tackle these, researchers at the University of Bern develop award-winning tools and methods and are engaged in the innovative promotion of young scientists.

Current

Antibiotic resistance

Overview of antibiotic resistance in India with Bern-based tool

India is facing high levels of antibiotic resistance. A tool further developed by the University of Bern together with an Indian university now offers insights into resistance patterns in northern and western India, laying the groundwork for improved awareness.

Cancer research

AI model generates virtual staining of cancer tissue

Researchers from Bern and Lausanne are making progress in the analysis and diagnosis of cancer. They have developed an AI model that allows virtual staining of cancer tissue, complementing experimental data.

Thanks to research partnerships

Better treatments for everyone

The research community is only slowly realizing that Africa's medical care problem begins with basic knowledge. The University of Bern is helping to remedy this shortcoming – for the benefit of both the South and the North.

Animal testing

Talking about animal experiments

During the National Information Day on Experimental Animals last weekend, researchers from the University of Bern presented their work involving animals experiments to the public in the city of Bern.

Biology

The outsider who became a powerhouse

Who knows what a mitochondrium does? Everyone (thanks to the many memes on the Internet)! But hardly anyone knows what a crazy history these cell components have. An attempted portrait.

Vapes help quit smoking

The world's largest study on the subject, led by the University of Bern, shows that vapes are an effective aid to quitting smoking tobacco cigarettes. However, they do not reduce nicotine dependency.

People

Rina Mehmeti

A doctor, researcher - and entrepreneur

Rina Mehmeti combines her passion for medicine and research. Parallel to her doctoral studies at the Institute of Tissue Medicine and Pathology, she is co-founder of a platform for virtual histopathology staining.

Hans Sigrist Prize 2024

Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire: Vaccines for the Future

Virologist and immunologist Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire will receive the 2024 Hans Sigrist Prize for her contribution to the development of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. Her research pushes the boundaries of vaccine technology.

Promoting innovation

New technology for predicting metastases

Cancer metastases are deadly - and difficult to predict. With the help of special models, Soheila Zeinali is able to analyse the behaviour of tumour cells and thus create a basis for better treatment decisions.

Neuroscience

Understanding how the brain learns

Katharina Wilmes is fascinated by the question how humans learn in an uncertain world. To find out, she is developing special neuroscientific models at the Institute of Physiology at the University of Bern.

Prevention

Gaming for health

Mike Falkner develops video games for older adults with the aim to train memory and fine motor skills – and thus help prevent diseases such as dementia and Parkinson's disease.

Medical Education

Innovations for medical education created in Bern

The Institute for Medical Education (IML) at the University of Bern is over 50 years old, funded in 1971. As a national center of expertise, it carries out research on medical education and contributes to strengthen the quality of medical education internationally. An interview with its director, Sissel Guttormsen.

Cardiology

Can a heart really break?

The end of a relationship, an unrequited love or the death of a loved one – they can all break your heart. At least proverbially. But does this emotional pain also manifest itself physically?
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