Institut Suisse de Recherche Expérimentale sur le Cancer

The path of breast-to-brain cancer metastasis

Published:18.09.19 — Scientists at EPFL’s Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research have discovered a signaling pathway that breast tumors exploit to metastasize to the brain. The work is published in Nature.

Two Ambizione grants to Life Sciences researchers

Published:12.09.19 — Two scientists at EPFL’s School of Life Sciences have bene awarded Ambizione grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Cancer: A mutation that breaks gene interplay in 3D

Published:30.01.19 — EPFL scientists have discovered how a mutated gene can affect the three-dimensional interactions of genes in the cell, leading to various forms of cancer.