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19 December 2022
HIPA

A two-part upgrade for the proton accelerator

Large Research Facilities Medical Science Particle physics Research with muons Radiopharmacy

A two-part upgrade is planned for HIPA from 2025 to 2028. Preparations are already under way.

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11 October 2022
teaser

Paul Scherrer Institute and Apollo Health Ventures Launch Focal Biosciences

Media Releases Health Innovation Medical Science Radiopharmacy

Newly established Focal Biosciences will focus on bringing together leading experts and scientific discoveries to harness cellular reprogramming in the fight against common age-related diseases.

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3 October 2022
Martin Béhé, Leiter der Gruppe Pharmakologie

Making tumour diagnosis kinder to kidneys

Media Releases Health Innovation Medical Science Radiopharmacy

Improved method thanks to a molecular trick

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25 July 2022
Susanne Geistlich

Swissmedic grants operating licence for new radiopharmaceutical production facility

Health Innovation Medical Science Radiopharmacy

From research to production – the new pharmaceutical lab at PSI supplies neighbouring hospitals with novel cancer drugs.

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17 May 2022
Stampanoni Wang

Nominated: High-precision X-rays of breast tissue

Research Using Synchrotron Light Health Innovation Medical Science

Employing high-resolution X-rays to diagnose breast cancer – PSI researchers nominated for the European Inventor Award.

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27 January 2022
Imad El Haddad

Asthma: diagnosis in a single breath

Biology Health Innovation Medical Science

PSI is involved in the development of a breath test that can be used to diagnose asthma. Imad El Haddad explains why such a test could be extremely useful – especially for children.

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24 January 2022
Thomas Mortelmans

New, better coronavirus rapid test

Media Releases Health Innovation Medical Science Research on Covid-19

The test identifies different virus variants and improves disease prognosis.

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29 December 2021
Ute

The power of protons

Health Innovation Medical Science Proton Therapy

This gallery presents five people who have been treated at the PSI's Center for Proton Therapy.

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20 December 2021
KSB

KSB and PSI forge a common research path

Media Releases Health Innovation Medical Science

Kantonsspital Baden and the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have signed a cooperation agreement.

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15 December 2021
Pharmakologie

Effective combination cancer treatment

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Combining two chemotherapeutic drugs inhibits tumour growth.

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30 November 2021
Marco Ranocchiari

New catalysts for pharmaceutical companies

Energy and Climate Health Innovation Medical Science Industrial co-operation

In partnership with Roche, PSI scientists are developing new, potentially more efficient catalysts for manufacturing active substances for drug therapies.

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25 November 2021
25 Jahre Spotscanning

Proton therapy: a success story that started 25 years ago

Media Releases Health Innovation Medical Science Proton Therapy

25 November 1996: a world first for PSI’s Center for Proton Therapy in treating a cancer patient using the spot-scanning technique.

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9 November 2021
Dominic Leiser

A first for Switzerland: proton therapy to treat lung cancer

Media Releases Health Innovation Medical Science Proton Therapy

On 9 November 2021 a lung cancer patient was given proton therapy at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI for the first time in Switzerland.

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18 October 2021
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New active agent against parasites

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Biology Health Innovation Medical Science

PSI researchers identify potential active agent against several unicellular parasites – including the pathogens that cause malaria and toxoplasmosis.

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5 July 2021
Corona Dunkelziffer

Tracking down unreported Coronavirus cases

Research Using Synchrotron Light Biology Health Innovation Medical Science Research on Covid-19

The University Hospital of Zurich uses proteins made at PSI for Europe’s first large-scale serology study on coronavirus prevalence in Switzerland.

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22 June 2021
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PSI: advancing in the fight against Covid-19

Health Innovation Medical Science Research on Covid-19

Crystal structure analysis, computer models, cell cultures – to pursue research on Sars-CoV-2, PSI is exploring many avenues. An overview.

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16 June 2021
Teaser Xavier Deupi

How immune cells are activated

Biology Health Innovation Medical Science

A research consortium has deciphered the mechanism of CCR5 receptor activation, providing insights for the development of CCR5 drug antagonists for AIDS, cancer, and inflammatory diseases.

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11 May 2021
Teaser Remdesivir

How remdesivir works against the coronavirus

Health Innovation Medical Science Research on Covid-19

Researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt, in cooperation with the PSI have probably discovered another, previously unknown mechanism of action of the antiviral remdesivir.

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4 February 2021
teaser

"Ultimately, we aim to understand how diseases start in single cells"

Biology Health Innovation Medical Science Proton Therapy

Imaging and sequencing techniques combined with machine learning offer researchers countless opportunities to look inside cells with greater precision than ever before. G.V. Shivashankar, lab head at PSI, describes how such information can be used to find answers to pressing questions.

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19 October 2020
Teaser Proteinkristalle

Wait and see, and grow crystals

Research Using Synchrotron Light Biology Health Innovation Medical Science

At PSI, researchers decipher the structure of the proteins in bacteria and viruses. This knowledge can aid, for example, in the development of drugs against infectious diseases. But before the investigation can begin, an extremely tricky problem has to be solved: the crystallisation of the molecules.

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