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ETH Zurich and HSG launch Manufacturing Alliance to strengthen Switzerland as an industrial location
The University of St.Gallen (HSG) and ETH Zurich are jointly launching the “ETH-HSG Manufacturing Alliance”. In doing so, they want to strengthen the competitiveness of Swiss industry and promote young talent. The alliance combines the strengths of the two universities and provides new impetus in research and practice.
Start-up boom thriving
With 37 new spin-offs, ETH Zurich continues its long-term upward trend in the launch of new companies from its research. Start-ups in the fields of artificial intelligence and biotechnology were particularly well represented.
Dissolving clusters of cancer cells to prevent metastases
Successful test in breast cancer patients: the active agent digoxin, a cardiac medication, dissolves clusters of circulating breast cancer cells in the blood, thus reducing the risk of metastases formation.