Medicine
Everyone should have to decide
Politics
ETH Zurich
A presumed consent system for organ donation, which is to be put to the vote in Switzerland, would likely increase the organ donation rate, writes bioethicist Agata Ferretti. In her view, however, there is an even better solution: the obligation to decide.
Using statistical methods to predict the course of disease
Research
ETH Zurich
Data contains much more than just the information on the surface. With statistics, deeper cause-and-effect relationships can be brought to light. This is what Alexander Marx is researching as a Fellow at the ETH AI Center using artificial intelligence. One of his goals is to be able to make predictions regarding diabetes in children.  
Getting up again with a severe neurodegenerative disease
Research
EPFL
Electronic implant reactivates spinal-cord nerves of a patient with a neurodegenerative disease that causes dramatic blood pressure drops.
Innovative arthritis treatment combines heat with exercise
Research
EPFL
EPFL engineers have discovered that increasing the temperature of cartilage in the knee during physical exertion could prevent the cartilage from degenerating.
Nontoxic, variable-stiffness threads for dexterous cardiac catheters
Research
EPFL
Engineers at EPFL and ETH Zurich developed a variable stiffness catheter made of nontoxic threads that can transition between soft and rigid states during surgery. It may make minimally invasive surgical interventions, including the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, simpler and more effective.
EPFL spin-off develops protein to boost immunotherapy
TechTransfer
EPFL
EPFL spin-off Leman Biotech has developed a protein that can improve the effectiveness of immunotherapy drugs used to treat some types of cancer. The firm has just completed its first funding round, in the amount of $11 million.
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