All University of Zurich articles
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NewsGlobal antibiotic consumption has increased by more than 21 percent since 2016
An analysis of antibiotic sales data from 67 countries from 2016-2023 shows a decrease in consumption in high-income countries countered by an increase in middle-income countries.
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NewsResearchers use AI to help detect antibiotic resistance
Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to help identify antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The team is the first to investigate how GPT-4, a powerful AI model developed by OpenAI, can be used to analyze antibiotic resistance.
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NewsNovel app tracks travel-related illnesses
Travelers fall ill surprisingly often during their travels, with health issues occurring on more than one-third of trips, reveals data collected by a novel travel app developed by researchers in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO).
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NewsInfluenza viruses can use two ways to infect cells, study finds
Scientists have discovered that certain human flu viruses and avian flu viruses can use a second entry pathway, a protein complex of the immune system, to infect cells, helping the viruses to infect different species.
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NewsLimited adaptability makes freshwater bacteria vulnerable to climate change
Researchers have uncovered specific evolutionary strategies that shape the lifestyles of bacteria with small genomes that frequently undergo prolonged periods of adaptive stagnation.
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NewsSyphilis-like diseases were already widespread in America before the arrival of Columbus
Researchers at the Universities of Basel and Zurich have discovered the genetic material of the pathogen Treponema pallidum in the bones of people who died in Brazil 2,000 years ago. Source: Photo: Dr. Jose Filippini Skeleton at the site in Jubuicabeira II, Brazil. This is the oldest ...
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NewsFungi used to inoculate diseased fields and boost yields
A team of researchers has shown on a large scale that the application of mycorrhizal fungi in the field works.
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NewsE coli may be better at evolving resistance than previously thought
E. coli bacteria may be far more capable at evolving antibiotic resistance than scientists previously thought, according to a new study.
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News New virus discovered in Swiss ticks
Researchers from the Institute of Virology at the University of Zurich (UZH) have detected the Alongshan virus (ALSV) for the first time in ticks in Switzerland.
