University of Bern

Using a technique in which better cells in the body to be selected at the expense of more damaged ones, researchers at the University of Bern in Switzerland have managed to significantly increase the lifespan of the common fruit fly.

The WHO says we are "headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for decades can once again kill." A non-antibiotic lipid compound has been developed that treats severe bacterial infections and avoids the problem of bacterial resistance.

Although cardiac pacemakers have saved countless lives, they do have at least one shortcoming – like other electronic devices, their batteries wear out. Swiss scientists, however, have developed a wristwatch-inspired device that can power a pacemaker via the beating of the patient’s own heart.

A man-made molecule has been found to stop acute allergic reactions within seconds.