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Iron deficiency during infancy reduces vaccine efficacy
About 40 percent of children around the globe suffer from anaemia because they do not consume enough iron. Now, studies by ETH researchers from the Laboratory for Human Nutrition show that iron deficiency also reduces the protection provided by vaccinations.
Spark Award winners illuminate tumours
With the Spark Award, ETH honours its most innovative and economically promising invention of the past year. Emma Wetter Slack from the Department of Health Sciences and Technology was among the finalists for the development of a new vaccine. The winners of the Spark Award are the two ETH chemists Helma Wennemers and Matthew Aronoff for a technology that makes tumours visible.
Blueprint for the perfect coronavirus app
Many countries are turning to digital aids to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic. ETH researchers - among them Effy Vayena from the Department of Health Sciences and Technology - are now pointing out the ethical challenges, that need to be taken into account and the issues that need careful consideration when planning, developing and implementing such tools.
Data-driven resistance training against muscular atrophy
Researchers at ETH Zurich and ZHAW present a simple method to precisely map resistance exercise on machines and record missing comparative figures. This could help to develop optimised training strategies in the future, such as for age-associated muscular atrophy.