Research at Uppsala University
History of human antibiotic use written in the oral bacteria of wild brown bears
25 August 2021. An international team of researchers used historical museum collections to study the effects of huma ...
How research can encourage us to cycle instead
19 August 2021. How do you get to work in the mornings? Transport currently accounts for 25 per cent of GHG emission ...
Philippine ethnic group has most Denisovan DNA
13 August 2021. The Philippine ethnic group Ayta Magbukon has the highest proportion of genes from our extinct relat ...
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Here you will find all research projects at Uppsala University funded by the main Swedish funding bodies. The search feature is based on the SweCRIS database.
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Conference: Injectable biomaterials for treatment of musculoskeletal problems
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Research project from 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
DEN PLANERADE KONFERENSENS NAMN OCH PLATS: Griboi och UppsalaTIDPUNKT FÖR KONFERENSEN: 10-12 maj, 2012 KORT MOTIVERING AV KONFERENSEN Sverige har år 2012 för första gången blivit utsett som värdland för ...
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Diet, biomarker determinants and pharmacologic interventions to predict and prevent frailty fractures in women and men
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Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31
The overall aim of the four projects included in this application is to discover novel pathways for the prevention of fractures in older people, a common problem in Sweden. The first project is intended ...
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Dual-mobility cups: Double safety for patients with a femoral neck fracture?
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Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Hip fractures annually affect almost 20,000 patients in Sweden. In about 2,000 patients with displaced femoral neck fractures insertion of a total hip arthroplasty (THA) is the best available treatment ...
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Estimating effectiveness of bone-specific treatment, calcium and vitamin D supplementation on fracture rates and mortality: a cohort study
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Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31
In Sweden, 70,000 individuals are affected each year by a fragility fracture, those that often occur after low-energy trauma. With a lifetime risk of 50% for women and 25% for men, Sweden has one of the ...
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HipSTHeR - A register randomized controlled trial – Hip Screws or (Total) Hip Replacement for undisplaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients
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Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Background and aimFemoral neck fractures (FNFs) are a great challenge for today´s healthcare and they are associated with high mortality and morbidity in the elderly. The treatment of displaced FNF has ...
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Genetic and environmental determinants of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures
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Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Osteoporotic fractures are common in Sweden. We don?t know why. The significance of lifestyle, comorbidity and genetic constitution on the risk of osteoporotic fractures is going to be examined in a cohort ...
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Hip arthroplasty — Novel strategies to predict and prevent early complications
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Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) and dislocations are serious early complications after total hip arthroplasty (THA), an operation that is almost as frequent as coronary percutaneous intervention. ...
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Lifestyle, genetic determinants and pharmacologic interventions to prevent fragility fractures
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Fragility fractures are common in Sweden but we don’t know why. With increasing age, the importance of lifestyle seems to become more important than genetic constitution. The significance of diet, physical ...
Research spotlight: The coronavirus
New method for discovery of antiviral drugs
2 August 2021. The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for methods to identify new or repurposed dru ...
Helpline important for older people during the pandemic
8 July 2021. For many older individuals, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the loss of daily anonymous contac ...
The national COVID-19 Data Portal turns one year old
3 June 2021. The national Swedish COVID-19 Data Portal was launched one year ago to support researchers in utilis ...
Lectures
Uppsala University’s researchers share their knowledge in public lectures. Every year, the University is visited by leading researchers and influential people from around the world. At Uppsala University, you can hear Nobel laureates, researchers, authors, politicians and many others give lectures. Here we present some of the most prominent, annually occurring lectures at Uppsala University.