Immunologist Mike Recher sees a wide variety of health problems when he consults on rare immune disorders. Finding the cause requires both technology and lateral thinking.
A team at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) and the University of Basel is hunting for the causes of hereditary retinal diseases. By doing so, the researchers are laying an important foundation for gene therapies aimed at combating vision loss.
The WHO places 'noma' on the list of neglected tropical diseases. The University of Basel and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute provided critical epidemiological data.
