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Y chromosome loss causes heart failure and death from cardiovascular disease
15 juli 2022
Loss of the Y chromosome in blood cells of men is associated with disease and mortality, but no clear causal relationship has previously been ident...
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How can we communicate towards a more sustainable society?
11 juli 2022
The fact that we need to change our behaviour in order to create a more sustainable society is nothing new. Researchers from Uppsala University hav...
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Ancestral genetic variation essential for rapid evolution of Darwin’s finches
11 juli 2022
In a study, published in Science Advances, an international team of researchers have identified 28 gene regions that have been particularly importa...
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New data on violent political protest in UCDP
08 juli 2022
Violent political protest has become increasingly common across the globe, with the Middle East and Africa displaying the trend most often. This is...
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“I want the method to be utilised, not stored in a drawer”
05 juli 2022
Hi there, Robin Dürr, a PhD student in physical chemistry. With your novel and patented method to fabricate a membrane electrode assembly, you hop...
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New hypothesis about crocodiles’ ears may help people with impaired hearing
05 juli 2022
Impaired hearing affects over 1.2 billion people worldwide. But crocodiles, who live almost as long as humans and can surpass 70 years of age, have...
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Iceland volcano opens a rare window into the Earth beneath our feet
05 juli 2022
The recent Fagradalsfjall eruption in the southwest of Iceland has enthralled the whole world, including nature lovers and scientists alike. The er...
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Municipal housing policy influences refugee reception
05 juli 2022
Municipalities can use their local housing policy to influence the extent to which refugees are able to settle in the municipality in the long term...
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Oral contraceptives and hormone therapy increase the risk of stroke
01 juli 2022
A new study from Uppsala University shows that oral contraceptives and hormone therapy at menopause increase the risk of stroke. The increased risk...
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E-infrastructure for life sciences receives SSF grant
29 juni 2022
Johan Rung, a researcher at Uppsala University and SciLifeLab, receives a grant of SEK 15 million for the project “En nationell e-infrastruktur för...
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Wijnand Boonstra elected to UN panel on biodiversity
28 juni 2022
Approximately one million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction – but what can we do about it? Uppsala University researcher Wijn...
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Birgitta Essén receives the Martin H:son Holmdahl Prize
28 juni 2022
This year’s Martin H:son Holmdahl Prize for human rights and freedoms is awarded to Professor Birgitta Essén, who works at Uppsala University and U...
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Precision medicine centre paves the way for more accurate diagnosis and treatment
28 juni 2022
Precision medicine is gaining ground in the field of highly specialised care. More extensive use of advanced gene sequencing will make diagnoses mo...
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New chemical biology method aims at more specific disease diagnoses
27 juni 2022
Are there more effective ways to detect diseases in biological samples than the standard ones today? A new method developed at Uppsala University s...
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Major increase in conflict-related deaths
27 juni 2022
New data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala University show that at least 119,000 people died in organised violence in 2021. ...
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How innovation from Uppsala University can reduce antibiotic-resistant bacteria
23 juni 2022
Treating severe infections with a combination of antibiotics has long been standard practice in Swedish medicine. Despite this, at present there is...
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New inherited retroviruses identified in the koala genome
17 juni 2022
Historic virus infections can be traced in vertebrate genomes. For millions of years, these genomes have been repositories for retroviruses that in...
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Political intolerance limits debate in Sweden
16 juni 2022
Political intolerance is high in Sweden, and more than half are reluctant to express their views in public. This is shown in a survey conducted by ...
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“Climate change puts more pollen in the air”
14 juni 2022
Hello to Christer Janson, Professor of Respiratory, Allergy and Sleep Research. What percentage of the population suffers from pollen allergy?
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“Healthcare needs to undergo some pretty big changes”
14 juni 2022
Hello to Eva Tiensuu Janson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. You’ll be holding two seminars on precision medicine d...