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Promising progress for new treatment of type 1 diabetes
30 juli 2015
New research from Uppsala University shows promising progress in the use of anti-inflammatory cytokine for treatment of type 1 diabetes. The study,...
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One night of sleep loss can alter clock genes in your tissues
20 juli 2015
Swedish researchers at Uppsala University and the Karolinska Institute have found that genes that control the biological clocks in cells throughout...
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Sleep loss makes memories less accessible in stressful situations
13 juli 2015
It is known that sleep facilitates the formation of long-term memory in humans. In a new study, researchers from Uppsala University now show that s...
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Eva Åkesson made Honorary Doctor at the University of Edinburgh
01 juli 2015
The Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University, Eva Åkesson, has been made Honorary Doctor at the University of Edinburgh. The conferment ceremony took ...
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Lena Claesson-Welsh recruited to the SciLifeLab management
25 juni 2015
Starting 1 July, Lena Claesson-Welsh will be Site Director for SciLifeLab in Uppsala. As part of the SciLifeLab management, she will play an import...
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New chair for SciLifeLab
24 juni 2015
The Swedish government has appointed Carl-Henrik Heldin new chair for SciLifeLab, starting October 1, 2015. He succeeds Göran Sandberg who resigns ...
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New mechanism for male infertility discovered
18 juni 2015
A new Swedish study links male infertility to autoimmune prostatic inflammation. The findings are published in the journal Science Translational Me...
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Individuals with social phobia have too much serotonin – not too little
17 juni 2015
Previous studies have led researchers to believe that individuals with social anxiety disorder/ social phobia have too low levels of the neurotrans...
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New clue to how cancer causes organ failure
17 juni 2015
Cancer produces a variety of collateral effects in patients beyond the malignancy itself, including threats to distal organ functions. However, the...
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Global conflicts on the rise
17 juni 2015
40 armed conflicts were active in 2014, the highest number of conflicts since 1999 and an increase of 18% when compared to the 34 conflicts active ...
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New technique for protein analysis in tissues
12 juni 2015
A new technique to study proteins which does not require advanced equipment, specialized labs or expensive reagents, has been developed at Uppsala ...
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Professor of antibiotic resistance Cars to be awarded the King’s Medal
10 juni 2015
Otto Cars, professor of Infectious Diseases at Uppsala University, has spent more than 20 years spreading the word about the risks of antibiotics r...
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Social Innovation Award to Uppsala University professor
08 juni 2015
A research team led by Stefan Swartling Peterson, professor of Global Health at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health and IMCI, has been ...
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New research: Recovery of sensory function by stem cell transplants
08 juni 2015
New research from Uppsala University shows promising progress in the use of stem cells for treatment of spinal cord injury. The results, which are ...
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New study shows the dynamics of active swarms in alternating fields
05 juni 2015
Researchers from Uppsala University, together with colleagues at University College Dublin, have studied the dynamics of active swarms using comput...
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DNA which only females have
04 juni 2015
In many animal species, the chromosomes differ between the sexes. The male has a Y chromosome. In some animals, however, for example birds, it is t...
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New tool predicts your risk of death
04 juni 2015
Researchers from Uppsala University have studied the risk of dying over the next five years. They have developed a unique health-risk calculator by...
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It’s time to nominate the Alumnus of the Year 2015
03 juni 2015
Each year, Uppsala University awards the title of Alumnus of the Year to an alumnus who has made an outstanding contribution to their professional ...
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Watch the Uppsala lecture by the Indian president online
03 juni 2015
On June 2, during the official Indian state visit to Sweden, the president of India, H.E. Pranab Mukherjee appeared at Uppsala University, alongsid...
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Origins of feathered dinosaurs more complex than first thought
03 juni 2015
It is too soon to claim that the common ancestor of dinosaurs had feathers, according to research by scientists at the Natural History Museum, Roya...