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Prof. Dr. med. Albert Schinzel, Professor Emeritus of Medical Genetics

Passed away on 12 September 2025 at the age of 80.

A recent brief publication in the journal Neurogenetics reports on a remarkable advance in the diagnosis of familial cerebral cavernomas ...

A research team headed by the University of Zurich has developed a powerful new method to precisely edit DNA by combining cutting-edge genetic ...

CEP290 is an important human disease gene, as mutations are implicated in a broad spectrum of autosomal recessive ciliopathies, including Leber ...

Peters anomaly (PA) is a rare congenital disorder within the anterior segment dysgenesis (ASD) spectrum, characterized by corneal opacity, ...

8q21.11 microdeletions involving ZFHX4 have previously been associated with a syndromic form of intellectual disability, hypotonia, unstable ...

The SwissITHACA network invites you to a specialist and public event on the topic of "Failure to thrive and nutritional disorders in rare ...

The institute is closed from Maundy Thursday, 17th of April, 16:00, until Easter Monday, 21st of April. 

Please note that we will ...