New research identifies critical gene for treatment
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – which you may know as the disease that affected Stephen Hawking – is…
Scientists crack the genetic code of the 1918 influenza virus
A scientist harvests H7N9 virus growing in bird eggs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received samples…
Genetic secrets of Spanish flu revealed through century-old sample
Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH’s Medical Collection to…