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• Donation enables clinical testing of new cancer treatment 2013-06-15

  Uppsala University has received a donation of SEK 14 million from entrepreneur Vince Hamilton for research into a new virus treatment for neuroendocrine tumours. This means that plans can be made for the world’s first study on humans to test a genetically modified virus that specifically attacks ...

• Putting flesh on the bones of ancient fish 2013-06-13

  This week in the journal Science early online edition, Swedish and Australian researchers present the miraculously preserved musculature of 380 million year old fossil fishes, revealed by unique fossils from a locality in north-west Australia. The finds will help scientists to understand how neck...

• New study challenges popular beliefs about migrants from war-torn countries 2013-06-12

  Events such as the bombing of the Boston Marathon seem to confirm people’s suspicions that migrants from war-torn countries such as Chechnya, Bosnia and Iraq harbor hatred resulting from experiences of trauma and displacement. In a new study from Uppsala University, Sweden, doctoral student Jonat...

• Cells must use their brakes moderately for effective speed control 2013-05-15

  How cells regulate their own function by “accelerating and braking” is important basic knowledge when new intelligent medicines are being developed, or when plant cells are tweaked to produce more bioenergy. In a study published by Nature Communications 14 May, researchers at Uppsala and Umeå uni...

• Local community group activities may help reduce neonatal mortality in Vietnam 2013-05-15

  Community groups in rural Vietnam comprised of local health workers, politicians and laywomen (Maternal and Newborn Health Groups) set up to tackle challenges to maternal and neonatal health may reduce the neonatal death rate after three years and increase antenatal care attendance, according to ...

• The mechanism that puts the curl in the curling stone revealed 2013-05-13

  Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden can now reveal the mechanism behind the curved path of a curling stone. The discovery by the researchers, who usually study friction and wear in industrial and technical applications, is now published in the scientific journal Wear.

• Researchers identifies gene associated with eczema in dogs 2013-05-09

  A novel gene associated with canine atopic dermatitis has been identified by a team of researchers led by professors Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Uppsala university and Åke Hedhammar, SLU, Sweden. The gene encodes a protein called plakophilin 2, which is crucial for the formation and proper functioning ...

• EU project will increase researcher access to biobanks 2013-04-23

  All of us stand to benefit from large European health studies, but it is not always easy for researchers to collaborate across national borders. To help enable collaboration, the international EU-funded project BBMRI-LPC will spend the next four years working to increase researchers’ access to sa...

• This year’s Johan Skytte Prize winner announced 2013-04-19

  Professor Robert Axelrod at Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, is the winner of the 2013 Johan Skytte Prize in political science. He is awarded the prize for “profoundly having changed our presumptions about the preconditions fo...

• Årets skytteanska pristagare utsedd 2013-04-19

  Professor Robert Axelrod vid Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy och Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, är 2013 års mottagare av Skytteanska priset i statskunskap. Han får priset för att ”i grunden ha förändrat vår syn på förutsättningarna för mänskligt samarbete”. Det Sk...

• Surprising findings on hydrogen production in green algae 2013-04-15

  New research results from Uppsala University instil hope of efficient hydrogen production with green algae being possible in the future, despite the prevailing scepticism based on previous research. The study, which is published today in the esteemed journal PNAS, changes the view on the ability ...

• Suicide mortality has increased in relation to processes of modernization in Russia 2013-04-08

  Societal modernization has importance for the high suicide rates in contemporary Russia. But also alcohol consumption seems to have a remarkably stable importance. This is shown by sociologist Tanya Jukkala who is defending her doctoral thesis at Uppsala University on April 12.

• Genes behind obesity mapped in large-scale study 2013-04-08

  An international research team has identified seven new gene loci linked to obesity. Researchers were also able to show that the genetic mechanisms that cause extreme obesity are similar to those that cause milder forms of overweight and obesity.

• PCBs can increase risk of lowered heart function 2013-04-05

  There is a connection between high levels of PCBs and the heart’s ability to pump. The study is the latest of several from the Uppsala University research group showing health issues caused by PCBs, even though their use has been banned for some time.

• Electric solar wind sailing spacecraft an important step closer 2013-03-25

  A little more than a year ago a research team started to develop a vital part of a Finnish invention – an electric solar wind sail for interplanetary journeys. Now, a prototype has been successfully manufactured and tested.