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Anticipating the failure of leishmaniasis with precise medicine

Anticipating the failure of leishmaniasis with precise medicine

Almost a million people around the world are harassed annually through the skin leishmanasis, a destructive skin infection caused by Leishmania’s parasite. Impacting mainly on sensitive populations in tropical and subtropical regions, such as North Africa and South America, this disease develops in areas marked by malnutrition, bad apartment and movement of the population. Left […]

The new gene switch can lead to precise methods of treating metabolic diseases

The new gene switch can lead to precise methods of treating metabolic diseases

ETH researchers have developed a new gene switch that can be activated using nitroglycerin -available nitroglycerin slices applied to the skin. One day, scientists want to use this type of switches to trigger cell therapy for various metabolic diseases. The body regulates its metabolism precisely and constantly, with specialized cells in the pancreas constantly monitor, […]