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Research for life
09 juni 2010
What happens in the cells of humans when they developed cancer, diabetes, or some other public health disorder, and how can we prevent it? These ar...
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Cross-disciplinary research on nerve system at Uppsala
03 juni 2010
Dementia and chronic pain are two pathological conditions that are on the rise in society, which increases the need for better diagnosis and treatm...
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Two Uppsala researchers named Wallenberg Scholars
03 juni 2010
Per Ahlberg and Olle Eriksson have been named Wallenberg Scholars by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. They will be receiving a five-year g...
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Uppsala and US most popular among post-doc applicants
02 juni 2010
A plurality of those seeking a position in Sweden want to come to Uppsala University. For those seeking scholarships for positions abroad, the US i...
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Resistance to antibiotics – global threat
01 juni 2010
In many parts of the world thousands of people are dying because medicines no longer have any effect. An international network with its base in Upp...
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Sweden and Europe creating world’s largest innovation factory
01 juni 2010
In late May the massive European initiative InnoEnergy was launched, bringing together Europe’s very best universities and companies in the field o...
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Commentary with regard to the debate about Lars Vilks
20 maj 2010
In the aftermath of Lars Vilks’ interrupted lecture at the University, many people are questioning how he could have been invited to speak here in ...
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Do labour market measures yield more jobs?
17 maj 2010
How is unemployment affected by political reforms? What are the connections between unemployment and health? How does the structure of the educatio...
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Genetic mapping with aid of chickens
13 maj 2010
The development of our domestic animals and crops was the most important innovation in human history. However, the genetics behind this development...
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MicroRNA can move between cells
03 maj 2010
MicroRNAs can move between cells and play a role in their communication. This discovery was made by plant researchers at Uppsala University toget...
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Reliable evidence with DNA analysis
15 april 2010
The securing of technical evidence from crime scenes is undergoing rapid development. Today it is possible to extract evidence from extremely small...
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This year´s Johan Skytte Prize winner announced
12 april 2010
What is the connection between political economy and democracy? Polish-American Adam Przeworski, Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of European St...
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Faster route to new drugs
06 april 2010
With the help of microwaves, new drug molecules can be artificially created more quickly. The technology developed by Professor Mats Larhed at the ...
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Deaf regain hearing
17 mars 2010
With the help of various types of implants, many deaf people today can regain at least parts of their hearing. It is possible to replace damaged ha...
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Troublesome green algae turned into green battery
15 mars 2010
The unwanted blooming of the green alga Cladophora along the Baltic coast, and elsewhere in the world, may not only be a bad thing. A research team...
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Seeds from Moringa tree can purify water
15 mars 2010
Pure water is vital to humans, and in many countries there is a great need for alternative, inexpensive purification methods. In collaboration with...
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Historians to shed light on women’s work
15 mars 2010
We know very little about what people worked with in the past – and especially little about women. Now a database about women’s work is being creat...
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Viruses in the service of humankind
11 mars 2010
Cancer is one of our major public health diseases. The creation of viruses that benefit humankind is an example of Uppsala University research desi...
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Millions donated to gene research to create new Swedish global stars
25 februari 2010
The Beijer Laboratory at Uppsala University has received a SEK 10.8 million from the Kjell and Märta Beijer Foundation. The donation, distributed a...
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University wants to see dramatic commitment to excellence in education
22 februari 2010
The year 2009 brought 1,700 more students and increased funding for research at Uppsala University. In the coming three years, above all, the Unive...