The EPFL scientists created a simplified tiny version of the organ, known as an organoid, using bipotent stem cells that occur naturally in the bile ducts connecting the liver to the gallbladder.
In the short term, the miniature livers will be used for trialing treatments against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the most common liver disorder in the developed world.
In the long term, their technique could be used to grow transplantable organs from healthy stem cells, which could be used to treat patients with end-stage liver disease.
US says Switzerland can order fewer fighter jets amid cost hike
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According to the American authorities, a possible reduction in the number of F-35 fighter jets ordered by Switzerland is possible to cushion the unexpected cost increase.
On wolves, ‘priority should be given to scare shots’, says expert
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Wolf expert Jean-Marc Landry believes that Swiss Environment Minister Albert Rösti's decision to rely entirely on shooting is short-sighted.
A thousand demonstrators in Swiss capital demand climate justice
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The climate crisis is exacerbating injustice around the world, and the current economic system benefits from colonial and patriarchal oppression, said one of the speakers.
Russian drones in Poland have ‘no impact’ on Switzerland: defence minister
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According to Swiss Defence Minister Martin Pfister, the intrusion of Russian drones into Polish airspace "shows how unstable the situation in Europe is."
E-cars account for 10.5% of new registrations in the canton of Zug
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Nowhere else in Switzerland are electric cars as popular as in Zug. Currently, 10.5 per cent of cars registered in the canton of Zug are purely electric, as new data from the online platform Energie Reporter and Energie Schweiz and Geoimpact show.
ETH climate researcher honoured with the German Environmental Award
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Swiss climate researcher Sonia Isabelle Seneviratne from ETH Zurich receives the German Environmental Award 2025. She shares the prize, endowed with 500,000 euros, with the management duo of the steel galvanising company Zinq.
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Government shows confidence in EPFL president
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Martin Vetterli’s term as president of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) has been renewed for an additional four years.
EPFL hosts open campus event to mark 50th anniversary
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More than 300 activities will be offered to visitors on September 14 and 15 at its Ecublens campus in canton Vaud. The sweeping programme includes lab visits, workshops, conferences, exhibitions, shows and scientific demonstrations. Highlights include the many stands of the Scientastic Festival and Drone Days, which will introduce the public to these curious unmanned…
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