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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Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Aetiology, prevention and therapy
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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.