Research at Uppsala University
New biomarkers can lead to breakthrough in diabetes research
18 February 2021. With the discovery of two new biomarkers, Olof Eriksson, researcher in translational imaging, may le ...
Producing more sustainable hydrogen
12 February 2021. Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, ...
The professor wanting to contribute to peace on Earth
25 January 2021. Isak Svensson is, as he describes it, a product of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. Si ...
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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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Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Aetiology, prevention and therapy
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is an important health problem. Most patients have no symptoms prior to rupture, the only way to decrease mortality is to screen and treat healthy individuals. This is feasible ...
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Brain lesions and psychiatric outcome after longstanding severe somatic stress load; a nationwide study in severe burns
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2017-12-31
An unanswered question is whether a severe and protracted life threatening somatic stress load exposes the brain to an organic impact with an increased vulnerability for psychiatric conditions. This is ...
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Cancer survival affected by the choice of anaesthetic drugs?
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Background: A recent retrospective analysis of 2,173 patients indicated that 5-year survival may differ up to 5% depending on the choice of anaesthetic. Sevoflurane, an inhalational anaesthetic, is pro-inflammatory ...
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Cellular interventions and beta-cell replacement therapies in type 1 diabetes: a nationwide approach to develop the next generation therapies
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2017-12-31
This work aims to find strategies to prevent beta-cell death and restore beta-cell mass in Type 1 diabetes (T1D) in the absence of chronic immune suppression, i.e. to provide curative treatment. This project ...
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The EFFIPEC Trial Program (Efficacy of HIPEC): A phase I trial and an open-label randomized phase III trial for treating colorectal cancer with peritoneal metastases
Research project from 2020-12-01 to 2024-12-31
Background, Population and Aim: To increase the cure rate from colorectal cancer, more effective treatments for metastatic disease are needed. Metastases to the peritoneum is a common and difficult clinical ...
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Elucidating the etiology of type I diabetes and development of cellular therapeutic interventions to halt or reverse the disease.
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is in Sweden one of the most common chronic disorder in children, reaching more than 800 new patients per year (incidence doubled since 1990). Presently, diabetes can neither be prevented ...
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Global Surgery - Uppsala
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Content of researchLack of surgical healthcare costs lives and money. The burden of surgical disease is highest in sub-Saharan Africa where access to surgery is most limited. This proposal builds on previous ...
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Inflamamtion and angiogenesis: new treatment strategy
Research project from 2009-07-01 to 2012-06-30
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Renaparin to improve transplantation outcome for patients with chronic kidney disease
Research project from 2016-06-01 to 2017-05-31
Purpose and goal: The aim of the project has been to perform long-term functional evaluation of transplanted kidneys treated with Renaparin with the goal to develop a first class product with a capacity ...
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SWEDEGRAFT- a national, multicenter, prospective, randomized, registerbased, clinical trial on to-touch vein graft (NT-graft) in coronary artery surgery
Research project from 2017-12-01 to 2020-12-31
Background: CABG (coronary artery bypass grafting) is performed in 4000 patients annually in Sweden. Vein grafts have a higher risk of occlusion than internal mammary artery grafts with subsequently increased ...
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Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm, a population-based longitudinal cohort study of elderly men in the county of Uppsala
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) causing an estimated 1.000 deaths annually in Sweden. To reduce the mortality screening risk groups has been proposed. The first population-based AAA screening ...
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Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm, a population-based longitudinal cohort study of elderly men in the county of Uppsala
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common preventable cause of death in developed countries, causing an estimated 700-1.000 deaths annually in Sweden. Most patients with a rupture of an AAA ...
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Research spotlight: The coronavirus
Limited transmission of COVID-19 from open schools but teachers were affected
12 February 2021. Most countries introduced school closures during the spring of 2020 despite uncertainty regarding th ...
New clues to how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells
8 February 2021. The molecular details of how SARS-CoV-2 enters cells and infects them are still not clear. Researche ...
Interdisciplinary collaboration provides new answers about immunity after Covid-19
8 January 2021. Only weeks after the coronavirus reached Sweden, blood samples were taken from more than 2,000 emplo ...
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.